NCT00179205

Complementary Intradialytic Nutritional Supplementation in Dialysis Patients

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, the investigators hypothesize that long-term administration of adequate intradialytic oral nutritional supplementation will increase visceral protein concentrations and somatic protein stores in malnourished chronic hemodialysis patients.

Conditions

• End Stage Renal Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Nepro nutritional supplement	oral nutritional supplement (1 can) administered during the hemodialysis procedure; every other day, 3 days per week, for 3 months; each can contains a total of 480 calories: 71 calories from protein, 206 calories from carbohydrates and 206 calories from fat.
DRUG	placebo	oral placebo (1 can) administered during the hemodialysis procedure; every other day, 3 days per week, for 3 months; each can contains a total of 60 calories: 0 calories from protein, 60 calories from carbohydrates, and 0 calories from fat.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-05-01
• Primary completion: 2006-11-01
• Completion: 2007-12-01
• First posted: 2005-09-15
• Last updated: 2008-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States