Use of Topical Tranexamic Acid and Bacitracin in Dialysis Patients

August 25, 2017 updated by: Mark Boiskin, California Institute of Renal Research

The Use of Topical Tranexamic Acid and Bacitracin in Dialysis Patients

This study will investigate how the use of Tranexamic acid and Bacitracin applied to the bleeding site after the hemodialysis fistula needle is removed will affect Time to Clot and Infection Rate

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Visit 1 - Initial Application:

  • A patient candidate identified by the PI who meets all of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria will be consented for the study.
  • The medical history will be collected from the subject.
  • The subject will receive routine hemodialysis
  • Directly after the completion of hemodialysis, the following study drug application steps will occur:

    1. Site 1 Initial Compression: Apply fixed amount of Tranexamic acid and bacitracin 5% or 25% to gauze and compress for 3 minutes to needle site 1.
    2. Site 2 Initial Compression: Apply fixed amount of Tranexamic acid and bacitracin 5% or 25% to gauze and compress for 3 minutes to needle site 2.
    3. Second Compression per site: If bleeding has not stopped, repeat application with new gauze and same amount of ointment to each respective site and compress for 5 minutes more at each site.
    4. Third Compression per site: If after the second application and compression the bleeding persists repeat both application and compression for another 5 minutes (total time would be 13 minutes at this step).
    5. Test Failure: If after the third application to each needle site there is still bleeding, the testing would be considered a failure and routine procedures should be utilized to stop the bleeding.
  • Any adverse events will be collected.

Visit 2 - Follow-Up:

• The 1 week follow up visit will be performed to review study drug application site and to collect any adverse events reported by subject

The clotting time will be compared to the clotting time at a different dialysis session in which no treatment will be used

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

17

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • California
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92111
        • Fresenius Medical Care - Kearny Mesa
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92123
        • California Insitute of Renal Research
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92127
        • Fresenious Medical Care - Rancho

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Dialysis patients with fistulas (native arterio-venous)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous sensitivity to or adverse reaction to Tranexamic acid or Bacitracin.
  • Active infection.
  • Stenosis of fistula.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Clotting time Using Tranexamic Acid 5%
Measure Native AV Fistula clotting time after dialysis using 5% Tranexamic Acid compared to normal Clotting time of Native AV Fistula after dialysis
Selected participants received a fixed amount of tranexamic acid 5 %and bacitracin applied with compression up to 3 times (13 minutes total) per hemodialysis fistula needle site.
Other Names:
  • Cyklokapron
Experimental: Clotting Time Using Tranexamic Acid 25%
Measure Native AV Fistula clotting time after dialysis using 25% Tranxemic Acid compared to normal clotting time of native AV Fistula after dialysis
Selected participants received a fixed amount of tranexamic acid 25%and bacitracin applied with compression up to 3 times (13 minutes total) per hemodialysis fistula needle site.
Other Names:
  • Cyklokapron

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Clotting TIme
Time Frame: 13 minutes
After completing dialysis, the clotting time of the arteriovenous fistula of each participant was measured, using either Tranexamic Acid 5% or Tranexamic Acid 25% and compared to the regular clotting time of the AV Fistula without using the Tranexamic Acid
13 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Local Infection
Time Frame: 2 months
After using Tranexamic Acid and Bacitracin, local infection rate measured at the end of study
2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Mark Boiskin, MD, California Institute of Renal Research

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 4, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 7, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

April 8, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 25, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 25, 2017

Last Verified

August 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 001-Boiskin

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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