Methods |
Study design: cross‐over RCT
Follow‐up period: 4 weeks
Duration of study: not reported
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Participants |
Country: Netherlands
Setting: single centre
Inclusion criteria: not reported
Enrolled: 12
Mean age ± SD: 56.67 ± 15.95 years
Sex (M/F): 7/5
Exclusion criteria: not reported
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Interventions |
Treatment arms
Standard temperature HD (37.5°C)
Cool‐temperature HD (35.5°C)
Postdilution HDF with a low amount of replacement fluid (exchange volume, 1 L/h) with the temperature of 37.5°C
HDF with an intermediate amount of replacement fluid (exchange volume, 2.5 L/h) with the temperature of 37.5°C
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Outcomes |
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Notes |
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Risk of bias |
Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Study was described as randomised; method of randomisation was not reported |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
High risk |
Blinding was not feasible because of the nature of the intervention |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement: No description about the first phase data including missing values |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
Insufficient information to permit judgement: The protocol was not available |
Other bias |
High risk |
Carry‐over effects potentially existed. No description for the assessment of the baseline imbalance of first period of the cross‐over study |