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Arterial HypertensionNCT06764277

Mechanisms and Phenotypes of Hypertension in Patients in Chronic Hemodialysis

An observational study of Arterial Hypertension and Hemodialysis, run by Bernardo Rodríguez Iturbe at 1 site in Mexico.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate interdialytic blood pressure changes of the patients in chronic hemodialysis. The main question to be answered is: What is the relative importance of weight gain, the renin angiotensin system, the sympathetic nervous system and inflammatory immune reactivity in the interdialytic… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Arterial Hypertension, Hemodialysis
How many people
32 participants
Where
1 siteMexico
Study dates
14 Aug 2023to 6 Jun 2025
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Participantes will be patients in the chronic hemodialysis program of the INCMNSZ assigned to the groups depending on the ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring: Group A (TA < 130/80 mmHg), group B (TA 130-139/80-89 mmHg and group C (TA > 140mmHg)

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with more than 3 months in the chronic hemodialysis program in the INCMNSZ and assumed to remained in the program for longer than 3 months
  • Stable patients with no change in medication 1 month prior to the study
  • Unchanged drug therapy and dialysis prescription for >1 month prior to the studies
  • Informed consent to participate in the study

Who cannot join

  • Patients unable to give informed consent or withdrawal of informed consent to the study
  • Patients with active infection
  • Patients with prosthesis or pacemakers
  • Patients with immunosuppressive treatment of more than 10mg Prednisone daily
  • Prior nephrectomy
  • incomplete collection of data specified in the study protocol

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Mexico1 site
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán"

    Mexico City, 14080

Other trials in Mexico

About this study

The goal of this study is to evaluate interdialytic blood pressure changes of the patients in chronic hemodialysis.

The main question to be answered is: What is the relative importance of weight gain, the renin angiotensin system, the sympathetic nervous system and inflammatory immune reactivity in the interdialytic hypertension of patients in chronic hemodialysis, The participants will have hemodynamic evaluation (cardiac output and peripheral vascular resistance) at the end of dialysis, ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure in the interdialytic period. Serum samples will be collected at the end of dialysis and before the start of the next dialysis, 2-3 days later.

Read the detailed description

This is a prospective observational study that will study stable patients in the chronic hemodialysis program of the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán" (INCMNSZ) patients. There will be no modifications in the dialysis prescriptions or treatments and the patients with inclusion criteria will be studied after and before their usual hemodialysis sesion.

  • Weight changes will be studied after dialysis and before the next dialysis session (2-3 days later)
  • Serum samples will be obtained at the end of dialysis and before the next session (2-3 days later).
  • ultrasound estimation of cardiac output and peripheral vascular rersistance will be done after dialysis
  • Ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring will be done in the interdialytic period (24-40 hours) between the end of dialysis and the next dialysis session.
  • If possible there will be a predialysis study of bioimpedance.
  • Associations of interdialytic weight gain, serum angiotensin II, copeptin levels (surrogate of arginine vasopressin) and norepinephrine levels with ABP, systolic and diastolic blood pressure before and after dialysis will be explored.
  • Phenotypes of blood pressure (sustained hypertension, nocturnal and diurnal hypertension, dippers, non-dippers, extreme dippers and reverse dippers) determined by ambulatory monitoring will be studied in relation of levels of angiotensin II, inflammatory markers, copeptin and norepinephrine levels.

All serum levels will be determined by commercial ELISA kits

Being tested
There will be no intervention
Keywords
hemodialysis, hypertension, inflammation, renin angiotensin system, sympathetic nervous system, interdialysis, Interdialytic weight gain
Medical subject headings
Hypertension, Inflammation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • There will be no interventionOther

    There will be no intervention. This is an observational studies and 3 groups will be organized depending on the level of ABP in the interdialytic period

Study groups in NCT06764277
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group AThere will be no intervention. Group A will be patients with ABP (ambulatory blood pressure) <130/80 mmHg (controlled hypertension)
Receives: Other: There will be no intervention
Group BThere will be no intervention. Group B will be patients with ABP 130-139/80-89 mmHg (insufficiently controled hypertension)
Receives: Other: There will be no intervention
Group CThere will be no intervention. Group C will be patients with ABP ≥140/90 mmHg (uncontrolled hypertension)
Receives: Other: There will be no intervention

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Cardiac Output

    Cardiac output (systolic volume x heart rate) was determined by 2 experienced observers using a Siemens Acuson P500 ultrasound equipment with a phased array transducer . Systolic volume was calculated with the velocity time integral of the flow of the left ventricle outflow tract of the aortic area.

    Measured: Each participant was studied once 1-3 hours after dialysis ended

  2. Interdialytic Weight Change

    The weight was determined in 2 ocassions: first, immediately after dialysis and second, 2-3 days later, before the next dialysis. The weight change in this interval is expressed as percentage change of the second measure in relation to the first measure.

    Measured: Interdialytic weight change was studied once, by the difference between the weight at the end of dialysis and the weight 2-3 days later, before the next dialysis.

  3. Systemic Vascular Resistance

    Systemic vascular resistance was calculated using MediCalcR using the mean arterial pressure (MAP), the central venous pressure (CVP) anf the cardiac output (CO) and the equation: SVR=[(MAP-CVP)x79.92]/CO. Cardiac output (CO= systolic volume x heart rate) and central venous pressure were determined by 2 experienced observers using a Siemens Acuson P500 ultrasound equipment with a phased array transducer. Systolic volume was calculated with the velocity time integral of the flow of the left ventricle outflow tract of the aortic area.

    Measured: Systemic vascular resistance was determined once in the participants 1-3 hours after dialysis

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Angiotensin II Serum Levels

    Angiotensin serum levels (pg/ml) were determined once at the end of the interdialytic period, before dialysis, using ELISA (my BioSource Cat.# MBS703599)

    Measured: Each participant was studied once. Serum samples taken before dialysis

  2. Monocyte+Neutrophiles/Lymphocyte Ratio (MNLR)

    Monocyte+Neutrophile/lymphocyte ratio obtained from peripheral blood counts in samples taken before dialysis (following the end of the interdialytic period).

    Measured: Each participant was studied once. Blood samples taken before dialysis (following the end of the interdialytic period).

  3. Serum Norepinephrine Levels

    Interdialytic serum norepinephrine levels determined in blood samples obtained before dialysis (end of interdialytic period) using ELISA (ABCAM, Cat. # AB287789);

    Measured: Each participant was studied once. Serum samples taken before dialysis

  4. Serum Copeptin Levels

    The copeptin levels (surrogate for arginine vasopressin) were measured before dialyisis (end of the interdialytic period) using ELISA (Bio-techne/NovusBiological, Cat, # NBP2-69822)

    Measured: Each participant was studied once. Serum samples taken before dialysis

  5. Hypertension Phenotypes

    Interdialytic ambulatory blood pressure determined during 24-44 hours using Space Labs Health Care, model 90217A and Contec ABPM50 equipment. Determinations every 30 minutes during daytime and every hour during the night. We are here reporting the phenotypes in the total number of participants (n=32) instead that in each group (groups A n=15, B n=7 and C n=10) because our main interest was to determine the incidence of each phenotyte in stable patients treated with chronic dialysis, rather than in each group that, individually, had few patients

    Measured: Each participant was studied once. Ambulatory blood pressure was monitored or 24-44 hours during the interdialytic perdiod starting 1-3 hours after dialysis

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted8 Jan 2025
  2. Study start14 Aug 2023
  3. Primary completion20 Dec 2024
  4. Study completion6 Jun 2025

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrolment
32 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06764277
Sponsor's protocol ID
NMM-4512-23-24-1
Status last verified
Jan 2026
First submitted
19 Dec 2024
Last updated
3 Feb 2026
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Rodriguez-Iturbe B. Autoimmunity in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension. Hypertension. 2016 Mar;67(3):477-83. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06418. Epub 2015 Dec 7. No abstract available.

    PubMed 26644240
  • Fay KS, Cohen DL. Resistant Hypertension in People With CKD: A Review. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 Jan;77(1):110-121. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.04.017. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

    PubMed 32712185
  • Abais-Battad JM, Rudemiller NP, Mattson DL. Hypertension and immunity: mechanisms of T cell activation and pathways of hypertension. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2015 Sep;24(5):470-4. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0000000000000146.

    PubMed 26125645
  • Agarwal R, Weir MR. Dry-weight: a concept revisited in an effort to avoid medication-directed approaches for blood pressure control in hemodialysis patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Jul;5(7):1255-60. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01760210. Epub 2010 May 27.

    PubMed 20507951
  • Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Pons H, Johnson RJ. Role of the Immune System in Hypertension. Physiol Rev. 2017 Jul 1;97(3):1127-1164. doi: 10.1152/physrev.00031.2016.

    PubMed 28566539
  • Neumann J, Ligtenberg G, Klein II, Koomans HA, Blankestijn PJ. Sympathetic hyperactivity in chronic kidney disease: pathogenesis, clinical relevance, and treatment. Kidney Int. 2004 May;65(5):1568-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00552.x.

    PubMed 15086894
  • Kim KE, Onesti G, Schwartz AB, Chinitz JL, Swartz C. Hemodynamics of hypertension in chronic end-stage renal disease. Circulation. 1972 Sep;46(3):456-64. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.46.3.456. No abstract available.

    PubMed 4561117
  • Buckalew VM Jr, Berg RL, Wang SR, Porush JG, Rauch S, Schulman G. Prevalence of hypertension in 1,795 subjects with chronic renal disease: the modification of diet in renal disease study baseline cohort. Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Group. Am J Kidney Dis. 1996 Dec;28(6):811-21. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(96)90380-7.

    PubMed 8957032
  • Saad E, Charra B, Raj DS. Hypertension control with daily dialysis. Semin Dial. 2004 Jul-Aug;17(4):295-8. doi: 10.1111/j.0894-0959.2004.17330.x.

    PubMed 15250921

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Arterial Hypertension and Hemodialysis, run by Bernardo Rodríguez Iturbe at 1 site in Mexico.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Mexico. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 3 Feb 2026). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Cardiac Output (time frame: Each participant was studied once 1-3 hours after dialysis ended). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06764277, which also lists 9 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Feb 2026.

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