Evaluation of the Effect of Silymarin, an Antioxidant, on Oxidative Stress Markers in Hemodialysis Patients
- Conditions
- End Stage Renal Disease.End-stage renal disease
- Registration Number
- IRCT138904234376N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Mohammad Hossein Dabaghmanesh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Clinically stable patients within the age range of 18-60.
Undergoing maintenance hemodialysis initiated >=3 months previously at a rate of 3 times per week, each session 4 hours.
Exclusion criteria: History of cardiovascular event within the previous 12 months, use of cholestrol-lowering agents(statins), Omega-3, Vitamin E, Levothyroxin, and oral contraceptive pills (OCP), infections including HBV, HCV, heart failure class III and IV according to New York Heart Association(NYHA) were also excluded.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hemoglobin level. Timepoint: 21 days. Method of measurement: Sampling and Biochemical Analysis.;Oxidative Stress Markers level. Timepoint: 21 days. Method of measurement: Sampling and Biochemical Analysis.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method