Ana Cecilia Farfan-Ruiz1, Daniel Czikk2, Julie Leidecker3, Tim Ramsay4, Brendan McCormick1,3, Kumanan Wilson5, Deborah Zimmerman1,3. 1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 3. Kidney Research Centre of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 4. Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 5. Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
Background: Hyperphosphatemia is almost universal in well-nourished patients with ESKD treated with dialysis due to an imbalance between dietary intake and phosphate removal via residual kidney function and dialysis. Although food phosphate content can vary dramatically between meals, the current standard is to prescribe a fixed dose of phosphate binder that may not match meal phosphate intake. The primary objective of our study was to determine if the use of an app that matches phosphate binder dose with food phosphate content would be associated with an improvement in serum phosphate and a reduction in calcium carbonate intake compared with the multidisciplinary renal team. Methods: Eighty patients with ESKD treated with peritoneal dialysis at a tertiary care hospital in Canada were randomized to the standard of care for serum phosphate management (multidisciplinary renal team) versus the OkKidney app. Serum phosphate was measured at baseline and then monthly for 3 months with adjustments to phosphate management as deemed necessary by the multidisciplinary team (control) or the phosphate binder multiplier in the OkKidney app (intervention) on the basis of the laboratory values. The primary analysis was an unpaired t test of the serum phosphate at study completion. Results: The participants were 56 (±14) years old, and 54% were men; the most common cause of ESKD was diabetes mellitus. The serum phosphate values were 1.96 (0.41) and 1.85 (0.44) mmol/L in the control and intervention groups, respectively, at the end of 3 months (P=0.30). The median elemental daily dose of calcium carbonate did not differ between the groups at study completion (587 mg [309-928] versus 799 mg [567-1183], P=0.29). Conclusions: The OkKidney app was associated with similar but not superior serum phosphate control to the standard of care, which included renal dietician support. Clinical Trial registry name and registration number: US National Library Medicine ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01643486.
Background: Hyperphosphatemia is almost universal in well-nourished patients with ESKD treated with dialysis due to an imbalance between dietary intake and phosphate removal via residual kidney function and dialysis. Although food phosphate content can vary dramatically between meals, the current standard is to prescribe a fixed dose of phosphate binder that may not match meal phosphate intake. The primary objective of our study was to determine if the use of an app that matches phosphate binder dose with food phosphate content would be associated with an improvement in serum phosphate and a reduction in calcium carbonate intake compared with the multidisciplinary renal team. Methods: Eighty patients with ESKD treated with peritoneal dialysis at a tertiary care hospital in Canada were randomized to the standard of care for serum phosphate management (multidisciplinary renal team) versus the OkKidney app. Serum phosphate was measured at baseline and then monthly for 3 months with adjustments to phosphate management as deemed necessary by the multidisciplinary team (control) or the phosphate binder multiplier in the OkKidney app (intervention) on the basis of the laboratory values. The primary analysis was an unpaired t test of the serum phosphate at study completion. Results: The participants were 56 (±14) years old, and 54% were men; the most common cause of ESKD was diabetes mellitus. The serum phosphate values were 1.96 (0.41) and 1.85 (0.44) mmol/L in the control and intervention groups, respectively, at the end of 3 months (P=0.30). The median elemental daily dose of calcium carbonate did not differ between the groups at study completion (587 mg [309-928] versus 799 mg [567-1183], P=0.29). Conclusions: The OkKidney app was associated with similar but not superior serum phosphate control to the standard of care, which included renal dietician support. Clinical Trial registry name and registration number: US National Library Medicine ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01643486.
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