Can ICU teams predict which hemofiltration patients will develop pressure wounds?
NCT ID NCT07825727
First seen Sep 17, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Critically ill patients on hemofiltration face high odds of pressure injuries from immobility, medical devices, and long treatment hours. Researchers at one Turkish hospital observe 109 adults receiving hemofiltration in intensive care, tracking skin condition, consciousness, nutrition, lab values, and device exposure over the treatment period and 72 hours after it ends. The goal is to map which clinical and treatment factors link to pressure injury risk, so nurses can spot high-risk patients sooner and adjust care.
What this could mean
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- What this could lead to
- If researchers identify which factors raise pressure injury risk during hemofiltration, ICU teams could flag high-risk patients earlier and adjust nursing care to prevent painful, costly wounds.
- What could go wrong
- This observational study can only show associations, not cause and effect. Results from one hospital's ICU may not apply elsewhere, and the findings may not change practice if the risk factors are already well known.
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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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109 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Being over 18 years of age, * Undergoing hemofiltration, * Patients whose participation in the study has been approved by their legal representative. Exclusion Criteria: * Planned intensive care unit stay of less than 48 hours, * Patients with impaired skin integrity due to different special treatments other than hemofiltration therapy (treatments such as ECMO, VAC, TPN, high-dose vasopressors that impair skin integrity not related to hemofiltration). (These non-hemofiltration-related impairments will be distinguished from the patient's medical history, nursing observation notes, and the opinion of the intensive care specialist. The clinical course in the patient's file will be used to determine the underlying cause.)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fenerbahce University
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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