Status:

COMPLETED

Improving The Nutritional Status Of The Malnourished Chronic Hemodialysis Patients In The State Of Tennessee

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University

Conditions:

End Stage Renal Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

We propose to identify malnourished chronic kidney dialysis patients through a statewide effort and subsequently treat them based on a protocol (provision of oral nutritional supplementation) over a p...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • On CHD dialysis for more than 6 months
  • Adequately dialyzed (Kt/V \> 1.0) with a biocompatible hemodialysis membrane. Patients with Kt/V \> 1.0 but \< 1.4 will be evaluated for etiologies of lower than optimal dialysis dose and every effort will be made to increase the Dialysis dose to 1.4 or above. Patients with all access types will be recruited to the study.
  • Suboptimal nutritional status identified by one of the following criteria:
  • Protein catabolic rate less than 1.0 g/kg/d calculated by three-point urea kinetic modeling on at least 2 occasions over the past 3 months
  • Progressive unintentional weight loss more than 2.5% of the initial or ideal body weight and/or patients who are less than 90% of ideal body weight.
  • Biochemical parameters of malnutrition defined by one of the following measurements over the consecutive two months prior to inclusion:
  • Serum albumin less than 4.0 g/dl
  • Serum transferrin concentration less than 250 mg/dl
  • Serum prealbumin concentration less than 32 mg/dl
  • Subjective Global Assessment Score less than 5.

Exclusion

  • Intolerance to nutritional supplementation (unable to tolerate any of the nutritional supplements available)
  • Refusal to sign a consent form
  • On nutritional supplementation (IDPN or PO) within 2 weeks of the study initiation.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

352 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00179153

Start Date

February 1 2005

End Date

May 1 2009

Last Update

May 29 2014

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National Kidney Foundation

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37215