ArticlePloS one2015
Dialyzer Reuse and Outcomes of High Flux Dialysis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Joint modelling on clinical trials in clinical journals: a systematic review.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Pooled it
- Joint models for longitudinal and time-to-event data: a review of reporting quality with a view to meta-analysis.BMC medical research methodology · 2016Pooled it
- Membrane-to-Patient Optimization: Individualized Dialyzer Selection for Extracorporeal Dialysis.Toxins · 2026Review
- Comparative Efficacy of Reused Medium Cut-Off Dialyzers on Uremic Toxin and Cytokine Clearance: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Biocompatibility in hemodialysis: artificial membrane and human blood interactions.BMC nephrology · 2025Review
- Understanding Development of Malnutrition in Hemodialysis Patients: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2020Review
- Green nephrology and eco-dialysis: a position statement by the Italian Society of Nephrology.Journal of nephrology · 2020Article
- Measuring serum beta2-microglobulin to predict long-term mortality in hemodialysis patients using low-flux dialyzer reuse.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2019Article
- Rediscovering Beta-2 Microglobulin As a Biomarker across the Spectrum of Kidney Diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe bulk of randomized trial evidence for the expanding use of High Flux (HF) hemodialysis worldwide comes from two randomized controlled trials, one of which (HEMODIALYSIS, HEMO) allowed, while the other (Membrane Outcomes Permeability, MPO) excluded, the reuse of membranes. It is not known whether dialyzer reuse has a differential impact on outcomes with HF vs low flyx (LF) dialyzers.
methodsProportional Hazards Models and Joint Models for longitudinal measures and survival outcomes were used in HEMO to analyze the relationship between β2-microglobulin (β2M) concentration, flux, and reuse. Meta-analysis and regression techniques were used to synthesize the evidence for HF dialysis from HEMO and MPO.
findingsIn HEMO, minimally reused (< 6 times) HF dialyzers were associated with a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.67 (95% confidence interval, 95%CI: 0.48-0.92, p = 0.015), 0.64 (95%CI: 0.44 - 0.95, p = 0.03), 0.61 (95%CI: 0.41 - 0.90, p = 0.012), 0.53 (95%CI: 0.28 - 1.02, p = 0.057) relative to minimally reused LF ones for all cause, cardiovascular, cardiac and infectious mortality respectively. These relationships reversed for extensively reused membranes (p for interaction between reuse and flux < 0.001, p = 0.005) for death from all cause and cardiovascular causes, while similar trends were noted for cardiac and infectious mortality (p of interaction between reuse and flux of 0.10 and 0.08 respectively). Reduction of β2M explained only 1/3 of the effect of minimally reused HF dialyzers on all cause mortality, while non-β2M related factors explained the apparent attenuation of the benefit with more extensively reused dialyzers. Meta-regression of HEMO and MPO estimated an adjusted HR of 0.63 (95% CI: 0.51-0.78) for non-reused HF dialyzers compared with non-reused LF membranes.
conclusionsThis secondary analysis and synthesis of two large hemodialysis trials supports the widespread use of HF dialyzers in clinical hemodialysis over the last decade. A mechanistic understanding of the effects of HF dialysis and the reuse process on dialyzers may suggest novel biomarkers for uremic toxicity and may accelerate membrane technology innovations that will improve patient outcomes.
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