NCT06569732

Effects of Homemade Oral Nutrition Supplements for Patients on Hemodialysis With Protein-energy Wasting

Clinical Efficacy, Feasibility, and Cost-effectiveness of Homemade Oral Nutrition Supplements on Patients on Hemodialysis With Protein-energy Wasting: a Parallel, Open-labeled, Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universiti Malaysia Sabah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if homemade oral nutrition supplements works to treat protein energy wasting in patients on hemodialysis. It will also learn about the cost-effectiveness of homemade oral nutrition supplements. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does homemade oral nutrition supplements improve the nutritional status of patients on hemodialysis with protein energy wasting? * What is the cost-effectiveness of homemade oral nutrition supplements? Researchers will compare homemade oral nutrition supplements to commercial oral nutrition supplements to see if homemade oral nutrition supplements works to treat protein energy wasting in patients on hemodialysis. Participants will: * Take homemade or commercial oral nutrition supplements every day for 6 months * Have assessment of nutritional status performed by researchers every three monthly

Conditions

• Protein-Energy Wasting
• Kidney Failure
• Hemodialysis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Homemade oral nutrition supplements	The homemade oral nutrition supplement is made of soy milk, whey protein powder, vegetable oil, and fruit juices
OTHER	Commercial oral nutrition supplements	The commercial oral nutrition supplement is kidney-specific oral nutrition supplement that is high in energy and protein, but low in electrolytes and fluid

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-01
• Primary completion: 2025-11-01
• Completion: 2025-11-01
• First posted: 2024-08-26
• Last updated: 2024-08-26