Risk factors associated with hemodialysis central venous catheter malfunction; a retrospective analysis of a randomized controlled trial
https://doi.org/10.1186/2054-3581-1-15
© Ward et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014
Received: 19 February 2014
Accepted: 30 May 2014
Published: 8 July 2014
Abstract
Background
We previously reported a reduction in central venous catheter (CVC) malfunction when using once-weekly recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator (rt-PA) as a locking solution, compared with thrice-weekly heparin.
Objectives
To identify risk factors for CVC malfunction to inform a targeted strategy for rt-PA use.
Design
Retrospective analysis.
Setting
Canadian hemodialysis (HD) units.
Patients
Adults with newly placed tunnelled upper venous system CVCs randomized to a locking solution of rt-PA(1 mg/mL) mid-week and heparin (5000 u/ml) on the other HD sessions, or thrice-weekly heparin (5000 u/ml).
Measurements
CVC malfunction (the primary outcome) was defined as: peak blood flow less than 200 mL/min for thirty minutes during a HD session; mean blood flow less than 250 mL/min for two consecutive HD sessions; inability to initiate HD.
Methods
Cox regression was used to determine the association between patient demographics, HD session CVC-related variables and the outcome of CVC malfunction.
Results
Patient age (62.4 vs 65.4 yr), proportion female sex (35.6 vs 48.4%), and proportion with first catheter ever (60.7 vs 61.3%) were similar between patients with and without CVC malfunction. After multivariate analysis, risk factors for CVC malfunction were mean blood processed < 65 L when compared with ≥ 85 L in the prior 6 HD sessions (HR 4.36; 95% CI, 1.59 to 11.95), and mean blood flow < 300 mL/min, or 300 – 324 mL/min in the prior 6 HD sessions (HR 7.65; 95% CI, 2.78 to 21.01, and HR 5.52; 95% CI, 2.00 to 15.23, respectively) when compared to ≥ 350 mL/min.
Limitations
This pre-specified post-hoc analysis used a definition of CVC malfunction that included blood flow, which may result in an overestimate of the effect size. Generalizability of results to HD units where trisodium citrate locking solution is used may also be limited.
Conclusions
HD session characteristics including mean blood processed and mean blood flow were associated with CVC malfunction, while patient characteristics were not. Whether targeting these patients at greater risk of CVC malfunction with rt-PA as a locking solution improves CVC longevity remains to be determined.
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Contexte
Nous avons précédemment fait rapport d’une réduction du dysfonctionnement du cathéter veineux central (CVC) lors de l’utilisation hebdomadaire de l’activateur tissulaire du plasminogène obtenu par génie génétique (rt-PA) comme solution verrou, plutôt que l’administration d’héparine trihebdomadaire.
Objectifs
Déterminer les facteurs de risques de dysfonctionnement du CVC afin d’indiquer une stratégie visée quant à l’utilisation du rt-PA.
Type d’étude
Analyse rétrospective.
Contexte
Les services canadiens d’hémodialyse (HD).
Participants
Adultes à qui on a nouvellement installé un CVC tunnellisé intravasculaire dans le système veineux supérieur, et qui ont reçu soit une solution verrou de rt-PA (1 mg/ml) en milieu de semaine et de l’héparine (5 000 u/ml) lors des autres séances d’HD, soit de l’héparine trois fois par semaine (5 000 u/ml).
Mesures
On a défini le dysfonctionnement du CVC (résultat primaire) comme étant : un débit sanguin de pointe inférieur à 200 mL/min durant trente minutes, au cours d’une séance d’HD; un débit sanguin moyen inférieur à 250 mL/min lors de deux séances d’HD consécutives; l’impossibilité d’entamer l’HD.
Méthodes
On a eu recours au modèle de régression de Cox pour déterminer l’association entre les données démographiques des participants, les variables relatives au CVC lors des séances d’HD et le résultat d’un dysfonctionnement du CVC.
Résultats
L’âge des participants (62,4 c. 65,4 ans), la proportion des participants de sexe féminin (35,6% c. 48,4%), et la proportion de ceux à qui on a installé un cathéter pour la première fois (60,7% c. 61,3%) étaient similaires entre les patients qui ont subi un dysfonctionnement du CVC et ceux qui n’en ont pas subi. L’analyse multifactorielle révèle que les facteurs de risque liés au dysfonctionnement du CVC sont un traitement moyen du sang < 65 L, comparativement à ≥ 85 L au cours des 6 séances d’HD précédentes (HR 4,36; 95% CI, 1,59 à 11,95), et un débit sanguin moyen < 300 mL/min, ou 300 – 324 mL/min lors des 6 séances d’HD précédentes (HR 7,65; 95% CI, 2,78 à 21,01, et HR 5,52; 95% CI, 2,00 à 15,23, respectivement), comparativement à ≥ 350 mL/min.
Limites de l’étude
Cette analyse prédéterminée et post-hoc reposait sur une définition du dysfonctionnement du CVC qui comprenait le débit sanguin, ce qui pourrait résulter en une surestimation de l’ampleur de l’effet réel. La validité externe des résultats pour les services d’HD qui utilisent le citrate trisodique comme solution verrou pourrait aussi être limitée.
Conclusions
Les caractéristiques des séances d’HD comprenant le traitement moyen du sang et le débit sanguin moyen ont été associées au dysfonctionnement du CVC, alors que les caractéristiques des participants ne l’ont pas été. Il reste à déterminer si le fait de cibler les patients courant un risque accru de dysfonctionnement du CVC avec rt-PA comme solution verrou améliore la longévité du CVC.
What was known before
Central venous catheters (CVC) are commonly used to establish access in adult North American hemodialysis patients. CVC malfunction is a common clinically encountered complication of the use of tunnelled CVC. Previous authors have identified patient and CVC characteristics associated with malfunction.
What this adds
In this pre-specified, post-hoc analysis of data from a randomized controlled study we found that patient characteristics were not associated with risk of CVC malfunction after adjusting for hemodialysis session characteristics. Further research is required to predict CVC malfunction and strategies for prevention.
Background
Current guidelines recommend hemodialysis (HD) vascular access via an arterio-venous fistula. However, central venous catheters (CVC) are used by approximately 70% of incident HD patients in North America [1–5]. Complications associated with CVC use include thrombosis and decreased dialysis adequacy due to catheter malfunction [6–8]. These complications are associated with increased healthcare resource utilization; up to 50% of all tunnelled CVC’s fail within one year [9–12].
CVC locking solutions are used in the interdialytic period to decrease the risk of complications; the optimal strategy to minimize CVC complications remains to be determined [13–16]. We previously reported that using once-weekly rt-PA as a locking solution leads to a two-fold reduction in CVC malfunction, compared with thrice-weekly heparin [17]. However, given the potential costs associated with this strategy, its use and uptake may be limited. Identifying patients at greatest risk of CVC malfunction would permit targeted use of this strategy. Using data from the prior randomized trial [17] we sought to determine the association between patient characteristics and CVC-related variables during a dialysis session and the outcome of CVC malfunction.
Methods
The subjects and design of the original trial have been described previously [18]. In summary, adult HD patients with newly inserted tunnelled, upper venous system HD catheters were eligible. Subjects were excluded if they were on systemic anticoagulation, undergoing current antibiotic use for catheter related bacteremia, the CVC was inserted via guidewire exchange, or they had risk factors for increased bleeding. If patients with catheter-related bacteremia completed antibiotic treatment, and remained bacteremia free for three hemodialysis sessions, they were eligible. CVC reversal was permitted for up to three consecutive hemodialysis sessions after which the study protocol mandated the CVC run in the non-reversed orientation and the patient was then eligible for the primary outcome.
The study was conducted in adherence with the Declaration of Helsinky, approved by the research ethics board of each institution, and patients provided written, informed consent. Patients were randomized to either thrice-weekly catheter locking solution with heparin (5000 u/mL, full luminal volume), or substitution of the mid-week heparin with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) (1 mg in 1 mL with saline to full luminal volume) and standard heparin catheter locking solution following the other dialysis sessions. All other HD care was per site-specific protocols.
CVC malfunction (the primary outcome) was defined as: peak blood flow less than 200 mL/min for thirty minutes during a HD session; mean blood flow less than 250 mL/min for two consecutive HD sessions; inability to initiate HD [19]. Each patient was followed-up for six months. Patients were censored at the first of: study end, removal of the CVC, initiation of alternative renal replacement therapy, or transfer to a centre not involved in the trial.
Candidate risk factors for CVC malfunction
Potential risk factors included patient characteristics (age, gender, race, duration of dialysis, cause of ESRD), baseline blood work (hemoglobin, platelets, albumin), comorbidity (prior myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, diabetes, pulmonary embolism, gastrointestinal bleed, deep venous thrombosis, hypertension, cancer, current smoker), type of treatment (heparin-only or rt-PA), and CVC characteristics (any previous CVC, number of prior CVCs, insertion site, indication). We also considered HD-specific variables (mean blood processed, mean blood flow, mean arterial pressure, mean venous pressure) in the immediate HD session, as well as the 6 HD sessions, prior to CVC malfunction (for those with a primary outcome) or the same time period prior to censoring (for those without a primary outcome). We adjusted for CVC reversal given its potential role as a confounder, and assessed its role as a risk factor in a univariate analysis.
Statistical analysis
Cox proportional hazards regression analyses for time to catheter malfunction (for those with an event) or censoring (for those without an event) were performed, initially with all candidate risk factors for CVC malfunction assessed in a univariate fashion, followed by multivariate analyses with adjustment for type of treatment, age, gender, first dialysis catheter ever, diabetes, history of rt-PA use with a prior CVC and CVC reversal. All statistical tests were two-sided, and reported P values were considered significant if less than 0.05. All analyses were performed using STATA 11.2 (Stata Corporation, College Station, Texas).
Results
Baseline characteristics
Patient characteristics | Overall (N = 225) | No CVC malfunction (N = 163) | CVC malfunction (N = 62) |
|---|---|---|---|
Treatment | |||
Rt-PA Group | 110 (48.9%) | 88 (54.0%) | 22 (35.5%) |
Heparin only Group | 115 (51.1%) | 75 (46.0%) | 40 (64.5%) |
Age -yr, mean ± SD | 63.2 (15.9) | 62.4 (16.6) | 65.4 (14.0) |
Female sex – no. (%) | 88 (39.1%) | 58 (35.6%) | 30 (48.4%) |
Duration of dialysis –yr, median (IQR) | 1.0 (0.0 - 6.0) | 1.0 (0.0 - 6.0) | 0.0 (0.0 - 1.0) |
Central venous catheter Indication - no. (%): | |||
Starting dialysis without peripheral access | 118 (52.4%) | 84 (51.5%) | 34 (54.8%) |
Failure of/awaiting peripheral access | 48 (21.3%) | 32 (19.6%) | 16 (25.8%) |
Catheter related infection | 14 (6.22%) | 11 (6.75%) | 3 (4.84%) |
First dialysis catheter ever - no. (%) | 137 (60.9%) | 99 (60.7%) | 38 (61.3%) |
Cause of end-stage renal disease: | |||
Diabetic nephropathy | 71 (31.6%) | 48 (29.4%) | 23 (37.1%) |
Glomerulonephritis | 17 (7.56%) | 12 (7.36%) | 5 (8.06%) |
Hypertension or vascular disease | 42 (18.7%) | 35 (21.5%) | 7 (11.3%) |
Coexisting or prior illness - no. (%): | |||
Diabetes mellitus | 124 (55.1%) | 86 (52.8%) | 38 (61.3%) |
Hypertension | 206 (91.6%) | 150 (92.0%) | 56 (90.3%) |
Ischemic heart disease | 47 (20.9%) | 34 (20.9%) | 13 (21.0%) |
Hemoglobin - g/liter, mean ± SD | 106 (15.7) | 106 (15.8) | 106 (15.4) |
Albumin – g/liter, mean ± SD | 32.1 (6.5) | 32.1 (6.7) | 32.0 (5.9) |
Platelet count - x10-9/litre, median (IQR) | 230 (185–293) | 233 (185–298) | 220 (183–283) |
Univariate analysis of potential risk factors for CVC malfunction
Variable | Hazard ratio (95% CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|
Treatment group | 0.02 | |
Heparin-only | 1.91 (1.13, 3.22) | |
rt-PA | Ref. | |
Age | 1.01 (0.99, 1.03) | 0.275 |
Duration of dialysis | 0.59 (0.26, 1.38) | 0.224 |
Number of catheters in prior year | 1.20 (0.92, 1.57) | 0.172 |
Hemoglobin | 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) | 0.950 |
Albumin | 1.00 (0.96, 1.04) | 0.927 |
Platelets | 1.00 (1.00, 1.00) | 0.509 |
Gender | 0.073 | |
Male | Ref. | |
Female | 1.57 (0.95, 2.59) | |
First dialysis catheter ever | 0.878 | |
No | Ref. | |
Yes | 1.04 (0.62, 1.74) | |
Diabetes | 0.352 | |
No | Ref. | |
Yes | 1.27 (0.76, 2.12) | |
History of rt-PA use for catheter malfunction | 0.082 | |
No | Ref. | |
Yes | 1.89 (1.04, 3.46) | |
CVC reversed at the session prior to the event or censoring: | <0.001 | |
No | Ref. | |
Yes | 11.2 (6.35, 19.7) | |
> = 1 CVC reversed in the 6 sessions prior to the event or censoring: | <0.001 | |
No | Ref. | |
Yes | 9.50 (4.52, 20.0) | |
Number of HD sessions with CVC reversed in the 6 sessions prior to the event or censoring | 1.71 (1.51, 1.93) | <0.0001 |
Mean blood processed in the prior 6 runs (L) < 65 | 5.26 (2.00 – 13.87) | <0.001 |
65 - 74 | 3.23 (1.22 – 8.58) | |
75 - 84 | 1.50 (0.51 – 4.41) | |
85+ | Reference | |
Mean blood flow in the prior 6 runs (mL/min) | <0.001 | |
< 300 | 8.45 (3.20 –22.34) | |
300 - 324 | 6.80 (2.49 – 18.56) | |
325 - 349 | 2.77 (0.90 – 8.49) | |
350+ | Reference |
Multivariable analysis of predictors of catheter malfunction
Predictor variable | Adjusted* HR (95% CI) |
|---|---|
Mean blood processed in the prior 6 runs (L) | |
< 65 | 4.36 (1.59-11.95) |
65 - 74 | 2.65 (0.98-7.12) |
75 - 84 | 1.31 (0.44-3.95) |
85+ | Reference |
Mean blood flow in the prior 6 runs (mL/min) | |
< 300 | 7.65 (2.78-21.01) |
300 - 324 | 5.52 (2.00-15.23) |
325 - 349 | 2.37 (0.76-7.45) |
350+ | Reference |
Discussion
In this pre-specified post-hoc analysis of data from a randomized controlled study we quantified the risk for CVC malfunction conferred by routinely observed and monitored patient and HD session characteristics. We found a significant increased risk when a reduction in litres of blood processed and mean blood flow over a two-week period occurred, however there was no association between baseline patient characteristics and risk of CVC malfunction.
CVC malfunction is the most common cause for CVC removal [20–22]. However, few studies have identified and quantified risk factors or predictors of CVC malfunction. Previous studies of patients with tunnelled CVCs reported that diabetic status and prior CVC exposure were associated with malfunction [12, 23]. However, data lacking on malfunction definition, locking solution, and the inclusion of infections and non-infectious criteria for CVC removal make extrapolation of these results difficult. While CVC location has been identified as a risk factor for malfunction, this study examined non-tunnelled catheters only [24]. An observational cohort study of 3,364 incident and prevalent HD patients with a CVC in the United States reported the risk of CVC malfunction (blood flow <300 mL/min) was lower for males and black race (compared with white) and higher if CVC was not the first access modality [25]. Male patients in our study were also at decreased risk but, possibly due to small numbers, we saw no significant effect of first CVC ever or ethnicity.
We analysed six sessions (a two week period) as we felt it would encompass a reasonable timeframe for clinicians to review dialysis characteristics in real-world practice; potentially guiding decision-making to pre-empt malfunction. In univariate analysis we found the strongest risk factor for CVC malfunction was CVC reversal in the prior HD session, or any of the six sessions prior to malfunction. However, our study protocol limited the number of consecutive sessions that could be performed in the reversed position to three, therefore this variable was included as a potential confounder in the adjusted analysis rather than an independent predictor given its potential relationship with the outcome. KDIGO Guidelines [19] suggest that CVC reversal be a temporary solution to managing malfunction, and authors have found that one third of patients may routinely undergo dialysis with their catheters in the reversed position [26]. This prevalence may be influenced by studies questioning the impact of CVC line reversal or blood flow on dialysis adequacy. Carson et al. noted CVC reversal improved clearance, despite increased recirculation, if the blood flow through the CVC concurrently increased to an average 315 mL/min [27] and Moist et al. reported decreased blood flow through reversed CVCs did not significantly affect online urea clearance if blood flow was greater than 250 mL/min [28]. Our results corroborate these findings as adjusted subgroup analysis by blood flow or blood processed quartile found a statistically significant increased risk when blood flows were less than 325 mL/min or total blood processed was less than 65 L per session in the preceding six sessions to a malfunction event.
We sought to pragmatically identify HD session characteristics that may signal an increased risk of CVC malfunction, and warrant consideration for early intervention. Decreased blood flow below 325 mL/min or total blood processed less than 65 L per session averaged over six sessions may therefore signal early or mild CVC malfunction. Mechanistically, it is plausible that a developing CVC thrombus or fibrin sheath, partially obstructing the CVC, and will decrease the average blood flow and blood processed. Interventions such as thrombolytics, catheter stripping, or catheter exchange may be required to improve CVC function, although these interventions are associated with costs, and long term catheter patency rates are suboptimal irrespective of intervention chosen [29, 30]. CVC reversal, decreased blood flow, or decreased blood processed may herald the future onset of severe malfunction (as defined by blood flow criteria), although whether interventions to identify and treat these patients is feasible, improves outcomes, or is cost effective requires further investigation.
Our study has limitations. First, this is a post-hoc analysis, and the definition of CVC malfunction included blood flow as a criteria (a significant predictor of the malfunction outcome), which may lead to an overestimate of the true effect of blood flow as a predictor. Secondly, our protocol limited the number of sessions that could be performed with a CVC in the reversed position. At the time of our study, CVC reversal was believed to result in a reduction in dialysis adequacy. CVC reversal was the strongest risk factor in our univariate analysis, therefore future studies could prospectively evaluate this association over longer time periods. Finally, the generalizability of these results to other units where trisodium citrate is used as a locking solution may be limited.
Conclusion
In conclusion, we found that HD session characteristics related to blood flow and blood processed were associated with an increased risk of CVC malfunction, while patient characteristics were not. Further study is needed to determine if the routine use of rt-PA as a locking solution in patients at increased risk of CVC malfunction will result in clinical and economic benefit.
Declarations
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Dr Adeera Levin, MD, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada for her input and advice regarding the project design.
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