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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Vol 13, Issue 9 2265-2270, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press

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Optimal design of a two-sample test for assessing [125I]iothalamate plasma clearance in peritoneal dialysis

K Thomaseth and G Amici
Institute of Systems Science and Biomedical Engineering, LADSEB-CNR, Corso Stati Uniti 4, I-35127 Padova, Italy; Nephrology Division, Regional Hospital 'S. Maria dei Battuti', Treviso, Italy; Corresponding author

Background: Plasma clearance of a tracer in peritoneal dialysis (PD) can be used to assess treatment adequacy without labour-intensive fluid collections. Accuracy and precision of plasma clearance estimates by the bolus injection technique depend on the estimation accuracy of the area under the concentration curve and the measurement precision of plasma concentrations. The first source of error is due to oversimplified, e.g. monoexponential, descriptions of plasma disappearance curves. The second source of error arises from the propagation of measurement errors to the parameter estimates. Methods: The theoretical bias of parameter estimates is determined first for a monoexponential approximation of a biexponential disappearance curve and as a function of the first sampling time at which mixing is still incomplete. The precision of plasma clearance estimates, expressed as coefficient of variation, is then described as a function of the experimental variables and of the standard deviation of measurement error. This allows the determination of the optimal two-sample test that yields most precise estimates of plasma clearance. Results: The optimal two-sample schedules for assessing plasma clearance of [125]iothalamate in PD patients vary between subjects according to individual clearances and distribution volumes. Our results suggest collecting the first sample 120 min and the second 2-4 days, after the bolus injection. Conclusions: The proposed two-sample test is suitable to be used in clinical routine for assessment of adequacy of PD treatment but requires a priori estimation of individual tracer kinetics and of laboratory measurement errors. A fixed design with the first sample taken after 120 min and the second sample collected 3 days after the bolus injection should yield the best performance. Key words: bolus injection method; dialysis efficiency; iothalamate; optimal experiment design; peritoneal dialysis; plasma clearance
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