# Semi-blunt Needles: is Outcome Better?

> **NCT00840372** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain** · enrollment: 50 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
- Vascular Abord: Native Arterio-venous Fistula
- Buttonhole Cannulation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Buttonhole cannulation with semi-blunt needles

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00840372
- **Lead sponsor:** Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-11
- **Primary completion:** 2009-03
- **Final completion:** 2009-03
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2009-09-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00840372

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00840372, "Semi-blunt Needles: is Outcome Better?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00840372. Licensed CC0.

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