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Pain, Sexual Dysfunction, and Depression in Hemodialysis Patients

CompletedNot applicableNCT00692419
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.

Brief summary (from the registry)

This study is seeking to identify the most effective strategy to manage pain, sexual dysfunction, and depression in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis therapy.

Study details

Official title
Pain, Sexual Dysfunction and Depression in Hemodialysis Patients
Conditions
  • End Stage Renal Disease
  • Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
  • Pain
  • Depression
Interventions
  • Behavioral: Symptom management nurse intervention
  • Behavioral: Feedback intervention
Sponsor
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Collaborators
Dialysis Clinic, Inc.; Liberty Dialysis, LLC; DaVita, Inc.
Organization
VA Office of Research and Development
Start date
2008-11
Primary completion
2011-04
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years
Results posted
Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
Countries
United States
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Our target population is male and female hemodialysis patients age 18 years or greater who are English speakers. Exclusion Criteria: * We will exclude children because they comprise a minority of the dialysis population and their enrollment would require an adult decision maker's consent. * We will exclude patients who are significantly cognitively impaired and hence, unable to comprehend study surveys. * Cognitive function will be assessed at baseline using the mini-Cog, a validated measure of cognitive capacity that we have used previously, and patients with scores \<3 will be excluded. * Based on our prior studies, we estimate that approximately 5% of patients will be excluded based on this criterion. * Similarly, non-English speakers will be excluded. * Finally, patients undergoing active work-up for living donor kidney transplant, and/or considering transfer to peritoneal dialysis will be excluded as they are less likely to remain on hemodialysis for the duration of the study.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00692419