U.S., Aug. 1 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07738731) titled 'Dialysis Less Frequently in the Elderly' on July 27.
Brief Summary: Many people who have kidney failure require hemodialysis treatments to stay alive. Hemodialysis is a procedure that cleans the blood of the toxins and fluids that build up when kidneys don't work. Most patients receive hemodialysis treatment three times every week and each treatment lasts 4 hours. These patients spend 156 days per year receiving hemodialysis treatments. This is a very large time burden which has a tremendous impact on well-being and life satisfaction. Current usual approach of prescribing three hemodialysis treatments per week is not based on good st...