Superior Patient Survival for Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Treated with a Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid with Neutral pH and Low Glucose Degradation Product Concentration (Balance)

Abstract

This study, for the first time, suggests that treatment with a novel biocompatible PDF with low GDP concentration and neutral pH confers a significant survival advantage. The exact mechanisms for such a survival advantage cannot be determined from this study. The usual criticisms of observational studies apply and the results reported here strongly warrant the undertaking of appropriately designed, randomized, controlled clinical trials.