Concordance and Discordance in the Assessment of Volume Status in Home Dialysis Patients: A Comparison of Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnea Scale, Physical Exam, and Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
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Brief summary
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Fluid overload (when the body has too much fluid), is one of the reasons why people on home dialysis need to go to the hospital. Fluid overload commonly presents as trouble breathing and leg swelling. Traditionally, doctors check for this by asking patients if they have any symptoms like leg swelling or shortness of breath and by doing a physical exam which includes listening to the lungs or looking for swelling in legs. However, a newer, safe, and non-invasive method called point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become very popular. However, there is not a lot of research yet on how POCUS and LUS (lung ultrasound) specifically help home dialysis patients, including those on peritoneal dialysis or home hemodialysis. Peritoneal dialysis is a way to clean the blood by putting a special fluid into the abdomen through a small tube. The fluid uses the natural lining of the belly as a filter to remove waste and extra water. Home hemodialysis is a treatment where a machine acts like an artificial kidney to clean the blood. Patients get trained to do this themselves at home by connecting to the machine with a couple of needles, which cleans their blood of waste and extra fluid. POCUS, especially a (LUS), has been shown to be useful for dialysis patients in outpatient units. This study will compare different 3 different methods of detecting fluid overload in adult patients with End-stage kidney disease who are receiving home dialysis: answering various survey questions, completing a physical exam, and a LUS. The study seeks to determine which of these methods is the best method to determine fluid overload.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT07178470
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 90 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), specifically lung ultrasound (LUS) Device
- Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Dyspnea scale Other
- Physical Exam Other
Device · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 8, 2026
- Primary completion
- Nov 29, 2026
- Completion
- Nov 29, 2026
- Last update posted
- Aug 26, 2026
2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davita Home Dialysis of Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46260 | — |
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