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The effect of watercress on hemodialysis patients

Phase 3
Conditions
Patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis.
Encounter for adequacy testing for hemodialysis
Z49.31
Registration Number
IRCT20201228049866N1
Lead Sponsor
Yasouj University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria

18 years of age and older
Receive hemodialysis at least twice a week for about 3 months
Negative history of taking drugs affecting inflammatory markers such as corticosteroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in a recent month
Absence of active infectious diseases, malignant and other obvious inflammatory diseases
No history of taking tonics and anti-inflammatory drugs

Exclusion Criteria

Causes unpredictable drug side effects
Patients who refused to cooperate and continue the study and received the drug for less than 4 weeks
Development of active infectious diseases, cirrhosis and congestive heart failure and malignancy during the study and the need for kidney transplantation
Malnutrition and cachexia (body mass index less than 18 kg / m2)
Albumin less than 3

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Blood urea nitrogen. Timepoint: 0-28 days. Method of measurement: Autoanalyzer.;Triglyceride. Timepoint: 0-28 days. Method of measurement: Autoanalyzer.;Cholestrol. Timepoint: 0-28 days. Method of measurement: Autoanalyzer.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Protein carbonyl. Timepoint: 0-28 days. Method of measurement: colorimetric.;Interleukin 6. Timepoint: 0-28 days. Method of measurement: Sandwich Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay.;Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha(TNF-a). Timepoint: 0-28 days. Method of measurement: Sandwich Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay.;Vitamin E. Timepoint: 0-28 days. Method of measurement: High-performance liquid.;Vitamin C. Timepoint: 0-28 days. Method of measurement: High-performance liquid.
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