ArticleClinical kidney journal2026
Ethanol lock therapy for salvage of infected tunnelled haemodialysis catheters: a randomised controlled trial.
Article in Clinical kidney journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Tunnelled catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) in haemodialysis (HD) are challenging to manage due to biofilm formation. Ethanol lock therapy (ELT) has demonstrated potential as an adjunct to antibiotics for catheter salvage, but robust evidence is limited. Methods: We conducted a single-centre, open-label, randomised controlled trial of adult HD patients with suspected or confirmed CRBSI. Patients received either 70% ELT plus intravenous antibiotics or intravenous antibiotics alone. Primary outcome was catheter salvage at day 7. Secondary outcomes included recurrence at day 60, catheter survival and adverse events. Results: Eighty-four patients were randomised (42 per arm). Coagulase-negative Conclusion: Adjunctive ELT improved early catheter salvage and reduced recurrence without significant adverse effects. These findings support its use as part of salvage protocols in tunnelled catheter infections.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.