Tom Cornelis1, Karthik K Tennankore2, Eric Goffin3, Virpi Rauta4, Eero Honkanen4, Akin Őzyilmaz5, Vijay Thanaraj6, Anuradha Jayanti6, Sandip Mitra6, Frank M van der Sande1, Jeroen P Kooman1, Christopher T Chan2. 1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands. 2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 3. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. 4. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. 5. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen and Dialysis Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. 6. Department of Renal Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Home haemodialysis (HHD) is undergoing a significant revival. There is a global demographic shift with a rising mean age of dialysis patients. We postulated that intensive HHD may also benefit the older dialysis population. However, there is a lack of literature on the feasibility of HHD in older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The purpose of this study was to ascertain the feasibility of delivering HHD to older patients. METHODS: We conducted a multi-centre multinational retrospective cohort study of HHD patients ≥65 years of age at the time of HHD initiation; 79 patients were included. Baseline demographic data included age at start of dialysis, race and sex. Dialysis characteristics including total weekly treatment hours, need for assistance, training time, dialysis access, modality and dialysis vintage were captured, as well as cause of ESRD and medical co-morbidities. The primary outcome was time to technique failure or death. Rates of hospitalization, cardiovascular events, non-infectious vascular access events and infections were collected. RESULTS: Median age at start was 68 (interquartile range 66-71) years. An arteriovenous fistula was the predominant access, and most patients were receiving <16 h of total weekly dialysis treatment. Family or nurse assistance for dialysis was required in 54% of patients. There were 17 (22%) deaths and 20 (26%) technique failures. The cumulative time at risk was 188 years. Event-free survival at 1, 2 and 5 years was 85, 77 and 24%, respectively, and technique survival was 92, 83 and 56%, respectively. Advancing age (categorized into quartiles) was an unadjusted risk factor for death and technique failure. CONCLUSIONS: This analysis confirms feasibility of HHD in patients 65 years or older at the start of this modality and should foster further research on the potential benefits of (intensive) HHD in older ESRD patients.
BACKGROUND: Home haemodialysis (HHD) is undergoing a significant revival. There is a global demographic shift with a rising mean age of dialysis patients. We postulated that intensive HHD may also benefit the older dialysis population. However, there is a lack of literature on the feasibility of HHD in older patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The purpose of this study was to ascertain the feasibility of delivering HHD to older patients. METHODS: We conducted a multi-centre multinational retrospective cohort study of HHDpatients ≥65 years of age at the time of HHD initiation; 79 patients were included. Baseline demographic data included age at start of dialysis, race and sex. Dialysis characteristics including total weekly treatment hours, need for assistance, training time, dialysis access, modality and dialysis vintage were captured, as well as cause of ESRD and medical co-morbidities. The primary outcome was time to technique failure or death. Rates of hospitalization, cardiovascular events, non-infectious vascular access events and infections were collected. RESULTS: Median age at start was 68 (interquartile range 66-71) years. An arteriovenous fistula was the predominant access, and most patients were receiving <16 h of total weekly dialysis treatment. Family or nurse assistance for dialysis was required in 54% of patients. There were 17 (22%) deaths and 20 (26%) technique failures. The cumulative time at risk was 188 years. Event-free survival at 1, 2 and 5 years was 85, 77 and 24%, respectively, and technique survival was 92, 83 and 56%, respectively. Advancing age (categorized into quartiles) was an unadjusted risk factor for death and technique failure. CONCLUSIONS: This analysis confirms feasibility of HHD in patients 65 years or older at the start of this modality and should foster further research on the potential benefits of (intensive) HHD in older ESRDpatients.
Authors: Annie-Claire Nadeau-Fredette; Karthik K Tennankore; Jeffrey Perl; Joanne M Bargman; David W Johnson; Christopher T Chan Journal: Kidney Int Rep Date: 2020-08-26
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