Dialysate calcium, alfacalcidol, and clinical outcomes: A post-hoc analysis of the J-DAVID trial

PLoS One. 2022 Sep 7;17(9):e0273195. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273195. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

The selection of dialysate calcium concentration (D-Ca) is still controversial among chronic hemodialysis (HD) regimens. We examined the trajectories of CKD MBD parameters among the J-DAVID trial participants to see the effect of D-Ca and alfacalcidol. The trial was an open-label randomized clinical trial including 976 HD patients with intact PTH of 180 pg/mL or lower which compared the users of vitamin D receptor activator (oral alfacalcidol) and non-users over a median of 4 years. The main D-Ca used at baseline were 3.0 mEq/L in 70% and 2.5 mEq/L in 25%, respectively. The primary endpoint was the composite of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events and the secondary endpoint was all-cause mortality. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard regression analyses in which D-Ca was included as a possible effect modifier and serum laboratory data as time-varying covariates showed no significant effect modification for composite cardiovascular events or all-cause mortality. This post hoc analysis showed that the effects of alfacalcidol on cardiovascular outcomes were not significantly modified by D-Ca.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calcium
  • Calcium, Dietary
  • Cardiovascular Diseases*
  • Dialysis Solutions*
  • Humans
  • Hydroxycholecalciferols / pharmacology
  • Hydroxycholecalciferols / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Calcium, Dietary
  • Dialysis Solutions
  • Hydroxycholecalciferols
  • Calcium
  • alfacalcidol

Grants and funding

Funding: This study was supported by the grant to TS from The Kidney Foundation, Japan. Author Contributions Conceptualization: Kunitoshi Iseki, Tetsuo Shoji Funding acquisition: Tetsuo Shoji Investigation: Kunitoshi Iseki, Daijiro Kabata Methodology: Kunitoshi Iseki, Daijiro Kabata Supervision: Tetsuo Shoji Visualization: Kunitoshi Iseki, Daijiro Kabata Writing-original draft: Kunitoshi Iseki Writing-review & edition: all co-authors.