Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:25 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:25 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00303420
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Adults \> 18 yrs old
2. Hemodialysis patients
3. Vascular access with a permanent catheter
4. No prior rt-PA use in the catheter over the previous 21 days
5. One rt-PA instillation per catheter (i.e. we will only document the results of 1 rt-PA instillation per catheter. Numerous rt-PA instillations in the same catheter will NOT be considered new events, and not entered into the study)
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Critically ill patients in the ICU setting.
2. Contraindications / cautions with alteplase use including: known hypersensitivity to alteplase or its components (l-arginine, phosphoric acid, polysorbate 80), patients with known conditions associated with bleeding events (e.g.intracranial bleed in last 4 weeks, major hemorrhage in last 4 weeks (Hgb drop of 20 g/L)), recent surgery (\<48 hours), recent biopsy (\<48 hours), hemostatic defects including severe hepatic disease, or current intracranial / intraspinal neoplasm.
3. Hemodialysis catheter has been in the patient less than 14 days.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT00303420
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00303420