Efficacy of oral intra-dialysis supplement in haemodialysis patients with malnutritio

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11132850
• Lead Sponsor: Foundation of Metabolic Studies (Fundacion de estudios metabolicos) (Spain)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-11-27
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients over 18 years old
2. Maintained haemodialysis (at least 6 months on dialysis)
3. Malnutrition criteria (Subjective Global Assessment [SGA] grade B or C or Malnutrition Inflammation Score [MIS] score greater than 8) and at least two altered analytical parameters (albumin less than 3.7 g/dl, prealbumin less than 30 g/l, total cholesterol less than 200 mg/dL with C-Reactive Protein [CRP] within normal range)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Lack of signed consent
2. Difficulty in understanding Spanish language
3. Patients diagnosed of cancer except skin cancer
4. Patients went through surgical operation in the last three months
5. Patients with Dementia or Alzheimer disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified