Back to Search Start Over

Clinical study protocol for the ARCH project - computational modeling for improvement of outcome after vascular access creation.

Authors :
Bode A
Caroli A
Huberts W
Planken N
Antiga L
Bosboom M
Remuzzi A
Tordoir J
Source :
The journal of vascular access [J Vasc Access] 2011 Oct-Dec; Vol. 12 (4), pp. 369-76.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

Despite clinical guidelines and the possibility of diagnostic vascular imaging, creation and maintenance of a vascular access (VA) remains problematic: avoiding short- and long-term VA dysfunction is challenging. Although prognostic factors for VA dysfunction have been identified in previous studies, their potential interplay at a systemic level is disregarded. Consideration of multiple prognostic patient specific factors and their complex interaction using dedicated computational modeling tools might improve outcome after VA creation by enabling a better selection of VA configuration. These computational modeling tools are developed and validated in the ARCH project: a joint initiative of four medical centers and three industrial partners (FP7-ICT-224390). This paper reports the rationale behind computational modeling and presents the clinical study protocol designed for calibrating and validating these modeling tools. The clinical study is based on the pre-operative collection of structural and functional data at a vascular level, as well as a VA functional evaluation during the follow-up period. The strategy adopted to perform the study and for data collection is also described here.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1724-6032
Volume :
12
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The journal of vascular access
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21667457
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5301/JVA.2011.8382