Status:

UNKNOWN

The Influence of Dietary Phosphorus Education Program on Nutritional Status and Serum Phosphate Level Among Hemodialysis Patient

Lead Sponsor:

Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

Conditions:

Hyperphosphatemia

Malnutrition

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Aim: Dietary Phosphorus Education Program can improve patients' knowledge, attitude and behavior of phosphorus restriction diet to reduce the risk of hyperphosphatemia and malnutrition of hemodialysi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The criteria of subjects are undergoing regular hemodialysis for longer than 3 months at baseline. Subjects' age range is from 20 to 85 years old. Their baseline serum albumin \< 4.0 mg/dL, or serum phosphate \> 5.0 mg/dL, are eligible for inclusion. Subjects will be enrolled into this trial after signed informed consent. We expect to recruit 60 subjects

Exclusion

  • Patients will be excluded if they had liver cirrhosis, malignant tumor, can't finish all education sessions and/or can't complete dietary records monthly.
  • We will recruit a control group into this trial, they are eligible for inclusion but don't want to participant education sessions

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01245517

Start Date

September 1 2010

End Date

June 1 2011

Last Update

November 22 2010

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Taipei Medical University - WanFang Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan