Patterns of Cardiac Arrhythmia in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorSohag University

About this trial

Cardiovascular diseases remain the primary leading cause of death in patients on maintenance hemodialysis accounting for nearly 41% of deaths.

Chronic kidney disease is associated with an excess of acquired arrhythmia of multiple types, and atrial fibrillation in particular.

Sudden cardiac death is also more common in chronic kidney disease and accounts for around one- quarter of deaths in dialysis patients.

The aim of the study is to evaluate the incidence, describe the patterns of cardiac arrhythmia and to determine the factors predisposing to cardiac arrhythmia in patients with chronic kidney disease with or without hemodialysis.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients with CKD (no intercurrent illness or uremic symptoms, and not hospitalized in the previous 3 months) with renal replacement therapy on maintenance HD (three times/week for at least three months) or without renal replacement therapy, aged 18 or above.

Disqualifiers

Patients aged <18 years old.

Patients on drugs that are known to prolong the QT interval (e.g., antibiotics as clarithromycin, antifungal as fluconazole, antiarrhythmics as amiodarone, antipsychotic as chlorpromazine)

Patients with structural heart diseases (e.g.,significant valvular lesions )

Patients with impaired left ventricular systolic functions (defined as EF< 50%

Trial population

Patients with chronic kidney disease at hemodialysis unit and outpatient nephrology clinic at Sohag university hospitals

Trial design

Design model

Ecologic or community

Time perspective

Cross-sectional

Treatments tested in this trial

Not listed

Trial groups

No trial groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Detection of changes (already exsited) in heart rate (measured in beats/ minutes) and corrected QT interval (measured in milliseconds) from normal limits in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Twelve-lead ECG is performed and all ECGs are reviewed for the following parameters: * heart rate (measured by beats/minutes) normal limit: 60 - 100 b/m * corrected QT interval (measured in milliseconds) normal limit: 330 - 440 ms in males and 330 - 450 in female

Time frame
Health survey distributed during 4 months to determine how many patients with chronic kidney disease have cardiac arrhythmia in hemodialysis unit and outpatient nephrology clinic at sohag university hospitals

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

Click on the lead sponsor to view all of their trials.

This trial is not recruiting at the moment. You can still explore other options: