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FREEDOM Study Data: Patients Experience Sustained Quality of Life Benefits with More Frequent Home Hemodialysis with the NxStage System One
Date:5/24/2012

LAWRENCE, Mass., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage ® Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced the latest interim findings from its FREEDOM (Following Rehabilitation, Economics and Everyday-Dialysis Outcome Measurements) Study, which found daily home hemodialysis treatments with the NxStage System One™ are associated with long-term improvements in various physical and mental quality of life measures. These interim FREEDOM Study results, "At-Home Short Daily Hemodialysis Improves the Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life," were published online on Kidney International's website in advance of its release in print.

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NxStage's FREEDOM Study is the largest prospective study of frequent home hemodialysis to date. The FREEDOM Study reported improvements in several quality of life measures in end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients at 12 months of follow-up, including:

  • Sustained improvements in the physical-component summary (PCS) score and mental-component summary (MCS) score at four and 12 months;
  • Significant improvements in all six PCS-specific domains (physical functioning, role physical, bodily pain, general health, vitality and social functioning) and one of two MCS-specific domains (mental health) over 12 months; and
  • More than doubling the proportion of participants with a PCS score greater than or equal to 50, increasing
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