Nutrition during dialysis for muscle health in kidney patients
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This trial tests whether receiving extra nutrition during your dialysis sessions can help maintain or build muscle over time. It is for people on long-term hemodialysis who have very low urine output and a well-functioning access point (fistula).
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have been on hemodialysis for at least 3 months, 3 times a week, for 4 or more hours each session.
- Your urine output is less than 100 mL in a day (almost no urine).
- Your dialysis dose (a measure of how well toxins are removed) is adequate.
- You have a working AV fistula with good blood flow (measured and above 750 mL/min).
- You do not have diabetes, active infection, or inflammation.
- You are not taking certain blood thinners or steroids that cannot be paused.
- You have not had low blood pressure during dialysis in the last month or been hospitalized in the last 3 months.
- You are not pregnant and do not have a planned kidney transplant soon.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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