Effect of Carnitine Supplementation Additive to Exercise Therapy in Dialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Dialysis patients
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000053894
- Lead Sponsor
- International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
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1) Patients who are contraindicated for exercise training. Concrete criteria are as follows: patients with uncontrolled persistent hypertension (systolic blood pressure >= 180 mmHg or diastolic pressure >= 110 mmHg); severe anemia (Hb < 7 g/dL); active proliferative diabetic retinopathy; prior symptomatic coronary artery or cerebrovascular diseases within the previous 3 months; uncontrolled heart failure (NYHA >= III); symptomatic or lethal arrhythmia; severe valvular diseases; and walking difficulty due to orthopedic, cerebrovascular and peripheral artery diseases. 2) Unstable dialysis patients. Concrete criteria are as follows: patients who undergo dialysis less than 3 months and those with uncontrolled uremia (BUN > 100 mg/dL, K > 6.0 mEq/L and HCO3 < 18 mmoL/L). 3) Patients deemed inadequate for monitoring during study period, as determined by investigators.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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