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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/06/088679 [Registered on: 12/06/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 11/06/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Other (Specify) [cannulation technique in arteriovenous fistula in hemodilaysis patients]  
Study Design  Non-randomized, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Comparative analysis of MUST cannulation technique and conventional cannulation techniques for arteriovenous fistula in chronic kidney disease patients-an experimental study 
Scientific Title of Study   Multiple Single Cannulation Technique of Arteriovenous Fistula a randomized controlled study in a tertiary care centre 
Trial Acronym  nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
nil  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Keerthana T 
Designation  post graduate in Nephrology 
Affiliation  Stanley Medical College and Hospital 
Address  Dept of Nephrology, Stanley Medical College, old jail road, George Town, Chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600001
India 
Phone  9962292634  
Fax    
Email  keerthiiikool@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Keerthana T 
Designation  post graduate in Nephrology 
Affiliation  Stanley Medical College and Hospital 
Address  Dept of Nephrology, Stanley Medical College, old jail road, George Town, Chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600001
India 
Phone  9962292634  
Fax    
Email  keerthiiikool@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Prof Dr Edwin Fernando 
Designation  professor and HOD of nephrology 
Affiliation  stanley medical college and hospital 
Address  3rd floor,emergency building,Department of Nephrology,stanley medical college and hospital, old jail road, chennai

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600001
India 
Phone  9841018717  
Fax    
Email  nephroeddy@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
nil 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Keerthana T 
Address  Dept of Nephrology,Stanley Medical College, old jail road, George Town, Chennai-600001 
Type of Sponsor  Other [Self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
nil  nil 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Keerthana T  Stanley Medical College  Dept of Nephrology, G-block,3rd floor,Old Jail Road, Chennai-600001, Tamil Nadu, India
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
9962292634

keerthiiikool@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
government stanley medical college and hospital, chennai-01  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: R938||Abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging of other specified body structures,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  conventional cannulation technique  conventional cannulation technique for arteriovenous fistula in Hemodialysis patients for 1 year 
Intervention  multiple single cannulation technique(must)   multiple single cannulation technique(must)for arteriovenous fistula(AVF) in hemodialysis patients for 1 year 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  65.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  chronic kidney disease with arteriovenous fistula done within 3 months is interventional group 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  arteriovenous fistula in chronic kidney disease with hematoma, thrombosis, bleeding or patients having grafts. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To compare the cannulation technique of MuST with conventional cannulation techniques in terms of AVF survival and any AVF complications determined by doppler of arteriovenous fistula  Assess the AVF survival with help of Doppler of AVF baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks , 16 weeks, 20 weeks, 24 weeks, 28 weeks, 32 weeks, 36 weeks, 40 weeks, 44 weeks, 48 weeks 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
nil  nil 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="90"
Sample Size from India="90" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   25/06/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is called as “Achilles heel of dialysis”. Without a good AVF, a chronic kidney disease (CKD5D) patient’s dialysis adequacy decreases and morbidity and mortality greatly increases. Cannulation technique (CT) is key factor in maintaining a good AVF. A new approach to AVF cannulation with noticeable benefits to patients is the Multiple Single cannulation technique (MuST). MuST is a new modified CT combining the techniques of traditional Rope ladder and button hole techniques. This CT consists of rotating the same six specific cannulation sites, three arterial and three venous puncture sites through two or three treatment days each week. Though this technique has been there since 2013, the technique’s efficacy hasn’t been well explored and its efficacy hasn’t been properly compared with traditional CT in literature. This is a non-randomized open label comparative study comparing MuST cannulation and conventional cannulation technique in terms of AVF survival and complications resulting in missed cannulation. AVF survival is measured by doppler ultrasonogram of AVF to determine the flow volume in AVF. Study will be conducted at hemodialysis unit at Department of Nephrology, Stanley Medical College, Chennai. Inclusion criteria is CKD5D on Maintainence hemodialysis with a Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) previously cannulated within 3 months or new AVF without any vascular access complications with good flow rate of > 600 ml/min and good segment length of 6 cm for cannulation for interventional group. For control group, patients who don’t fit into interventional group criteria and who are already on dialysis and cannulated by conventional method. Exclusion criteria is CKD5D patients on arteriovenous grafts, AVF with thrombus, infections, immature AVF or central venous stenosis. Outcomes are comparison of AVF survival in both groups and access the AVF complications in interventional group.

 
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