Status:
COMPLETED
The Effects of Nutrition Supplementation and Resistance Exercise During Hemodialysis
Lead Sponsor:
Vanderbilt University
Conditions:
End Stage Renal Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
To test the hypothesis that an exercise session combined with adequate nutritional supplementation improves skeletal muscle protein accretion during a hemodialysis session.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- On hemodialysis for more than 3 months, on a thrice weekly hemodialysis program.
- Adequately dialyzed (Kt/V \> 1.2).
- Age 18-75
Exclusion
- Pregnant women.
- Patients unable to perform exercise
- Severe unstable underlying disease besides commonly associated with ESRD. Cardiac patients that are stable will be included.
- Patients hospitalized within the last month prior to the study.
- Patients with malfunctioning arterial-venous access (recirculation and/or blood flow \< 750 ml/min)
- Patients receiving steroids and/or other immunosuppressive agents.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
11 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00179179
Start Date
April 1 2005
End Date
May 1 2007
Last Update
July 9 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232