# Spironolactone versus placebo in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis (ACHIEVE): an international, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/spironolactone-versus-placebo-in-patients-undergoing-maintenance-dialysis/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Michael Walsh,Michael Walsh,David Collister,Martin Gallagher,Patrick B. Mark,Janak de Zoysa,Jessica Tyrwhitt,Karthik Tennankore,Gilmar Reis,Denis Xavier,Li Zuo,Li Zuo,Amanda Y Wang,Camilo Félix,Laura Solá,Mustafa Arıcı,Russell Villanueva,Vivekanand Jha,Dalton Bertolim Précoma,Christian G. Rabbat,Sheik Sulthan Alavudeen,Atiya R. Faruqui,Mavel López-Flecher,Lonnie Pyne,Ron Wald,Fei Yuan,Kumar Balasubramanian,Shun Fu Lee,A. M. Kuptsova,Courtney Christou,P J Devereaux,PJ Devereaux,Michael Walsh,Michael Walsh,Mustafa Arici,Janak R. de Zoysa,Camilo Félix,Martin Gallagher,Vivekanand Jha,Wen J. Liu,Patrick B. Mark,Gilmar Reis,Laura Sola,Karthik Tennankore,Russell Villanueva,Ron Wald,Amanda Y. Wang,Denis Xavier,Li Zuo,Johannes F.E. Mann,Andrew Smyth,David Collister,Thiago Ferreira,Mats Junek,David Massicotte-Azarniouch,Pavel Roshanov,Emma Wu,Nan Ye,Patrick Parfrey,Stuart Pocock,Marc Pfeffer,Marcello Tonelli,David Jayne,Angela Webster,Sandip Mitra,Akram Al-Gabry,Jessica Tyrwhitt,Courtney Christou,Alena Kuptsova,Kaitlyn McKay,Colin Hardy,Coleen Lapensee,Joanne Wilkinson,Kayla Pohl,Katie Ou-Yang,Heidi Wilton,Kieran Commanda,Matthew Smart,Fei Yuan,John Liu,Shun Fu Less,Peggy Gao,Kumar Balasubramanian,Mark Molec,Emily Dai,Dilani Wijesena,Martin Renters,Nidhi Jethoo,Angela Wang,Yachna Mehta,Victoria Gregory,Jannel Ramos,Jayeeta Chakraborty,Ayesha Malik,Pratiti Ghosh,Hong Man,Sarah Coggan,Rosemary Oliveira,Andrea Mazzetti,Ida Yue |
| Citations | 32 |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)01198-5 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | green |
| OA URL | https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Lancet.html>, |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W4413270681 |
| PMID | 40818850 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2025 |

## Paper authors

- [Laura Solá](https://scholariq.org/researchers/laura-sola/)
- [Vivekanand Jha](https://scholariq.org/researchers/vivekanand-jha/)
- [Patrick B. Mark](https://scholariq.org/researchers/patrick-b-mark/)
- [Denis Xavier](https://scholariq.org/researchers/denis-xavier/)
- [Martin Gallagher](https://scholariq.org/researchers/martin-gallagher/)

## Paper funders

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- [AstraZeneca](https://scholariq.org/funders/astrazeneca/)
- [Biogen](https://scholariq.org/funders/biogen/)
- [Alexion Pharmaceuticals](https://scholariq.org/funders/alexion-pharmaceuticals/)
- [CSL Behring](https://scholariq.org/funders/csl-behring/)
- [McMaster University](https://scholariq.org/funders/mcmaster-university/)
- [Kidney Foundation of Canada](https://scholariq.org/funders/kidney-foundation-of-canada/)
- [British Heart Foundation](https://scholariq.org/funders/british-heart-foundation/)
- [Canadian Institutes of Health Research](https://scholariq.org/funders/canadian-institutes-of-health-research/)

## Paper journal

- [The Lancet](https://scholariq.org/journals/the-lancet/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Dialysis and Renal Disease Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/dialysis-and-renal-disease-management/)

## Paper topics

- [Dialysis and Renal Disease Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/dialysis-and-renal-disease-management/)
- [Heart Failure Treatment and Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/heart-failure-treatment-and-management/)
- [Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension](https://scholariq.org/topics/hormonal-regulation-and-hypertension/)

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