Hidden heart risk in dialysis patients under the microscope
NCT ID NCT07608679
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at why dialysis patients often have heart problems that are hard to detect. Researchers will use a special heart test during a routine procedure to check for tiny blood vessel issues in 30 adults who have been on dialysis for at least 6 months. The goal is to find out how common these hidden problems are and learn more about heart disease in this group.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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18 to 90 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years * Patients who have been on haemodialysis for at least 6 months * Elevated troponin levels \> 40 ng/L in a sample taken whilst the patient was in a stable condition, dated within the last 3 months * Patients capable of understanding the protocol and who have given their written informed consent to participate in the research * Patients registered with the National Health Service or eligible for it Exclusion Criteria: * Age \> 90 years * Patient undergoing daily home haemodialysis * Symptomatic stage 3 or 4 peripheral arterial disease * Severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (genetic or amyloid) * Severe valvular heart disease leading to left ventricular remodelling (surgically contraindicated severe aortic stenosis, severe mitral regurgitation, severe aortic regurgitation) * Hospitalisation for decompensation/acute heart failure within the last month * Acute coronary syndrome and any coronary artery disease requiring angioplasty and/or stent implantation within the last 3 months * Contraindication to METHERGIN and DOBUTAMINE * Patients participating in another clinical research protocol that may affect the research objectives * Patients already included in the study * Patients under guardianship, curatorship or deprived of their liberty * Patients under an activated future protection order * Patients under family authorisation * Patient under judicial protection * Pregnant patient
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Départemental Vendée
La Roche-sur-Yon, 85000, France
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