Clinical Research Directory

Comparison of Tunneled Cuffed Dialysis Catheters Versus Arteriovenous Fistulae in Elderly or Multimorbid Patients

Patients are randomly assigned to a study group. Depending on the study group, either an arteriovenous fistula or tunneled cuffed catheter (TCC) will be implanted, followed by continuous evaluation of the patients during the first year after initiating the vascular access. The evaluation includes statistical evaluation of all events, including loss of access, thrombosis, infection, loss of patency, increase in co-morbidities, e.g. congestive heart failure as well as quality of life. The implantation of the TCC is a standard procedure and it will be used only in accordance with the approved instructions of use on subjects who have signed an informed consent form. The surgery is a standard operation and it will be performed by specialized surgeons on subjects who have signed an informed consent form (No grafts will be used; implantation of a standard TCC, used at the Department of Nephrology). Both, an arteriovenous fistula or a TCC, will be used for routine chronic haemodialysis

Safety, Performance and Usability of BALT Medical Devices: The EVIDENCE Post Marketing Clinical Follow-up Platform

BALT has designed an electronic platform to continue collecting clinical data as part of the post-marketing clinical follow-up of its devices. This platform is purely exploratory, without hierarchical order of the objectives and associated outcomes.

Radiation Free Fistuloplasty is the Way Forward

The goal of this clinical trial is to study effectiveness of ultrasound-guided fistuloplasty in comparison to conventional fistuloplasty in patients with arteriovenous access flow dysfunction. The main question it aims to answer is: To investigate patencies in patients with arteriovenous access flow dysfunction receiving ultrasound-guided fistuloplasty versus fluoroscopy-guided fistuloplasty at 6 months Participants will: * be randomized equally to ultrasound-guided fistuloplasty group and fluoroscopy-guided fistuloplasty group. * visit clinic at one month, three month \& six months for checkups and tests.