Association of FGF-23 and Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) in Dialysis Patients

Subjects are exposed to a high calcium (3.5 mEq/L) dialysate bath for 150 minutes (part 1). At defined timepoints (0, 45, 90, and 150 min) blood is sampled for calcium, PTH, phosphorous, and FGF-23. At another (later) dialysis session (part 2), the process is repeated except that the subjects are exposed to a normal calcium bath (2.5 mEq/L). For each subject, results from part 1 are compared to the results from part 2.