When patients feel better, they live better.

Help your patients get their lives back.

Home hemodialysis (HHD) offers clinicians an opportunity to provide treatments that are uniquely tailored to the individual needs of each patient, taking into consideration their specific clinical and lifestyle needs.

A growing body of evidence supports prescribing more frequent HHD to improve overall outcomes among the growing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patient population, while avoiding the constraints of conventional in-center hemodialysis.1-3

Considerations to Treat the Person, Not Just the Disease

Frequency and duration matter.
More frequent hemodialysis has been shown to significantly improve cardiovascular outcomes and survival compared to patients treating 3 days per week.1,2
Understand. Overcome. Thrive.
Performing more frequent hemodialysis treatments at home may improve your patients’ quality of life.3
Dialysis is a family matter.
ESRD significantly impacts your patients' lives, not just their physical health.

Individualized Home Hemodialysis Treatment Options

Examples of Thriving HHD Patients and Their Prescriptions

Dialysis is a journey.

ESRD patients typically experience multiple modalities over the course of their disease, which is why it is important to monitor for signs that their current therapy is no longer meeting their clinical and lifestyle needs.

Actual patients not pictured. Patient profiles created from actual home hemodialysis patients. The reported benefits of home hemodialysis may not be experienced by all patients. All forms of hemodialysis involve some risks. See full risks and responsibilities below.

Cardiovascular Decline
74yo Taiwanese female. Experiencing cognitive decline and Recurrent Heart Failure. Not happy with QoL and declining. Does not speak English, but their care partner does.
Prior Therapies / Symptoms
  • Frequent symptomatic episodes of severe intradialytic hypotension requiring IVF and d/c UF
  • Pre-dialysis BP frequently >200/110
  • Post-dialysis hypotension
Sample prescription
  • Initiated HHD @ 6x/week for 2 hrs/tx
  • 15L of dialysate per treatment
  • Transitioned to 5x/week for 2.5 hrs/tx to decrease burden of therapy
  • 20L of dialysate per treatment
Outcomes
  • Normotensive BP
  • No left ventricular hypertrophy
  • No depressive symptoms
  • Traveled to Taiwan twice

Patient has since passed due to causes unrelated to dialysis.

PD No Longer Adequate
37yo African American male. Crashed into dialysis with CKD5, presumed from hypertension.
Prior Therapies / Symptoms
  • Initially prescribed in-center HD with tunneled dialysis catheter
  • Cardiac ischemia and hypotensive during dialysis
  • Severe post HD fatigue
  • Poor BP control
  • Unable to work
  • Noncompliant
  • Transitioned to PD
  • 3.5 years after initiating PD, RRF abruptly declined
  • 2 peritonitis episodes within 6 months
Sample prescription
  • Initiated HHD @ 5x/week
  • 30L of dialysate per treatment
  • Transitioned to solo HHD due to loss of care partner
Outcomes
  • Afib resolved
  • Weight increased from 89kg to 98kg
  • Improved activity, sleep, anorexia, and cognitive function
Unhappy With In-center HD Outcomes
43yo white male with medullary cystic kidney disease.
Prior Therapies / Symptoms
  • Started ICHD in 1997
  • Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH)
  • Intermittent AFib
  • Severe RLS
  • Post-dialysis fatigue
  • Reduced muscle mass
  • Severe hypertension controlled with 4 medications
  • Forced into retirement
  • Kidney matched, but clotted venous returns and pulmonary emboli
  • Transplant not placed, but IVC filter was
Sample prescription
  • Initiated nocturnal HHD 5x/week for 8hrs/tx
  • 30L of dialysate per treatment
Outcomes
  • No edema or fluid overload
  • No LVH
  • BP controlled without medication
  • Activity remarkably improved and travels as desired

Struggling to manage patients as they transition to hemodialysis?

Learn about how transitional dialysis care can ease patients into dialysis, while educating them on their modality choices.

Working With Patients to Overcome Barriers to Better Outcomes

Working With Patients to Overcome Barriers to Better Outcomes

Whether it is a fear of needles or lack of a care partner, a patient’s care team plays a key role in helping each patient to overcome the barriers to getting the best possible treatment.

Dialysis is a journey and can involve multiple modalities. Regular communication and education about appropriate treatment options is important. Proactively in working with patients and educating them on potential future modalities, including more frequent HHD, may help ensure successful transitions and improved outcomes.

Download the “Open Connection” guide to learn about starting the home hemodialysis conversation before, during, and after training.

Home Hemodialysis with NxStage

A Practical Option for More Frequent Therapy

NxStage home hemodialysis products are designed to provide patients with simple, practical options for treatment at home.

NxStage HHD Products

From hemodialysis machines to cartridges, fluids, and telehealth platform, NxStage's products provide healthcare professionals with complete HHD solutions.
VersiHD Cycler

Simple interface, easy to use

Portable, dialyze when and where you want

24/7 technical support

PureFlow SL

On-site dialysate mixing

Simple plumbing connections

Cartridge

Simple drop-in cartridge

Easy wipe-down disinfection

Disposable

Nx2me Connected Health

Automated flowsheets

Treatment data display

Context sensitive help

Resources

NxStage is dedicated to supporting healthcare professionals
Tools

NxStage offers healthcare professionals with a variety of tools to help with everything from patient selection to prescribing and training.

Training & Education

Supporting healthcare professionals with educational resources from NxStage and third parties, including in-person and online training.

Clinical Evidence

To get an understanding of how our products and therapies can help in your practice, take time to review our clinical evidence library. Our clinical evidence pieces include posters, presentations, and clinical summaries.

Customer Service and Technical Support

24/7 technical support for patients and healthcare professionals

24-hour system swap

Dedicated customer service for inventory management

Nxpeditions patient travel support and delivery program

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