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New test could predict dangerous blood pressure drops in dialysis patients
NCT ID NCT05214729
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested whether a fast removal of 250 ml of fluid during dialysis can predict which ICU patients with acute kidney injury are at risk of unstable blood pressure. Twenty adults on mechanical ventilation and continuous dialysis underwent two different speeds of fluid removal. The goal was to see if this test could identify preload dependence, a condition where the heart relies on adequate blood volume to pump effectively.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- fast ultrafiltration challenge (rapid removal of 250 ml of fluid over 15 or 30 minutes)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this test could help doctors predict which ICU patients on dialysis are at risk of unstable blood pressure, allowing safer fluid management.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The test itself involves rapid fluid removal, which could cause temporary drops in blood pressure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- 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: * adult patient, aged 18 year or older * under mechanical ventilation and continuous general anesthesia, with a positive end-expiratory pressure of 5 cmH2O or more * with stage 3 KDIGO acute kidney injury * treated with continuous renal replacement therapy for less than 14 days * ongoing continuous cardiac output monitoring * with a predicted intensive care length of stay of 24 hours or more at time of screening Exclusion Criteria: * High arterial lactate concentration, \> 4.0 mmol/L at time of screening * Calibrated cardiac index \< 2.0 L/min/m2 or \> 4.0 L/min/m2 at time of screening * Positive postural change maneuver in the last 2 hours preceding screening * Patient under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation * Patient with active bleeding requiring emergent transfusion * Patient under chronic maintenance dialysis or renal transplant recipient * Acute ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke complicated with coma and requiring mechanical ventilation * Fulminant hepatitis (acute liver injury, hepatic encephalopathy, icterus and a drop in prothrombin \< 50% in less that 15 days * Impossible postural change maneuver * Pregnant or lactating patient * Imminent death * Patient under legal protection measures as by French regulation * Patient already enrolled in the present study * Patient already participates in a study with protocolized net ultrafiltration, ongoing at time of screening
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Intensive Care, Croix Rousse hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lyon, 69004, France
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