LAWRENCE, Mass., Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage Kidney
Care today announced the NxStage Kidney Care RV Tour, a trip
that aims to educate patients on more flexible in-center dialysis
and home dialysis options available to help enhance their quality
of life. NxStage Kidney Care, Inc., a subsidiary of NxStage
Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM) invites patients and their care
partners to stop by a Kidney Walk or Open House on the RV tour to
meet Brad Payne, a NxStage Kidney
Care in-center patient, and NxStage patient advocate Harvey Wells, a kidney transplant recipient and
former dialysis patient. The NxStage Kidney Care RV Tour dates,
times and locations can be found at
nxstagekidneycare.com/events.
Payne will dialyze live inside the RV at the National Kidney
Foundation's Pittsburgh Kidney Walk on November 1st while Wells will act as
his care partner. Payne, who traveled from his hometown of
St. Louis to take part in the
tour, will also dialyze in-center at the NxStage Kidney Care
Pittsburgh clinic Open House on November
2nd to demonstrate how NxStage Kidney Care
supports patients interested in traveling.
"Most patients think that dialysis means you are confined to a
center near home with a rigid treatment schedule," said Payne. "I'm
thrilled to be part of this RV tour to help educate patients about
flexible dialysis therapy options that can help others regain
control of their lives."
Payne began receiving regular dialysis treatments at the age of
20. After trying various treatment modalities, he began
hemodialysis, first at home and later in-center five times a week
with the NxStage® System One™ at NxStage Kidney Care St. Louis. The
flexible options and scheduling available to him at NxStage Kidney
Care has allowed Payne to enjoy an active lifestyle and spend more
time with his two sons.
Wells began dialyzing at home with the System One in 2007, and
in 2011 he received a second transplant. Quickly after, Wells
became a NxStage patient advocate and has been touring the country
to share his experiences with home hemodialysis.
NxStage Kidney Care has 14 centers nationwide offering multiple
therapies using the NxStage System One, including flexible
in-center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis (HHD), home nocturnal
hemodialysis, and short-term respite care. The centers also offer
peritoneal dialysis (PD), along with personalized training for all
home therapies provided.
About NxStage Kidney Care
NxStage Kidney Care, Inc., a subsidiary of NxStage
Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), is innovating a dialysis care
model that is intended to support and encourage patient centered
care and provide enhanced access to the life-changing benefits of
home therapy as well as flexible in-center options. By
leveraging NxStage's home leadership and the innovative technology
of its System One, NxStage Kidney Care is committed to helping
patients take control of their dialysis and to allowing physicians
the flexibility to prescribe what is truly best for their patients.
For more information, please visit
www.nxstagekidneycare.com or call (866) 694-2707.
About NxStage Medical
NxStage Medical
Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM) is a medical device company, headquartered
in Lawrence, Massachusetts,
USA, that develops, manufactures and markets innovative
products for the treatment of ESRD and acute kidney failure. For
more information on NxStage and its products, please visit the
Company's website at www.nxstage.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained
in this release that are not clearly historical in nature are
forward-looking, and the words "anticipate," "believe," "expect,"
"estimate," "plan," and similar expressions are generally intended
to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ
materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors including those that are
discussed in NxStage's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. NxStage is under no
obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to)
update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
Media contact:
Kristen K. Sheppard, Esq.
ksheppard@nxstage.com
Tel: (978) 332-5923
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