The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Daily Trial

Learn more about the results of the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Daily Trial, a long-term study to understand how increasing hemodialysis to six times a week from the standard of three times a week may result in improved heart health. On this page, you’ll find a news release summarizing the main findings of the study, a question-and-answer section to help you understand what these results may mean to you, a list of universities and centers from around the country that participated in the trial, and links to the journal article and an editorial about the findings, published on The New England Journal of Medicine website at 3:30 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010.

• NIH News Release: Daily hemodialysis helps protect kidney patients' hearts  
• Questions & Answers about the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Daily Trial 
• List of Daily Dialysis Units participating in the study 
• Go to the full article, “In-Center Hemodialysis Six Times per Week versus Three Times per Week,” at The New England Journal of Medicine, Nov. 20, 2010.
• Go to the editorial, “‘Daily' Dialysis — Lessons from a Randomized, Controlled Trial” on the FHN Daily Trial at The New England Journal of Medicine, Nov. 20, 2010.