Status:

COMPLETED

Muscle Protein Synthesis in Dialysis Patients

Lead Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Conditions:

Muscle Loss

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-80 years

Brief Summary

The most severe form of chronic renal failure is end-stage-renal-disease with maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) as the most common treatment strategy. MHD patients experience a number of metabolic and ph...

Detailed Description

On the day of the infusion trial, participants will report to the laboratory at 0700 h after an overnight fast. MHD patients will be studied \~24 h after their dialysis treatment. A Teflon catheter wi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Aged 20-80 years (both healthy controls and MHD patients)
  • Medical clearance from a Nephrologist at their respective dialysis clinic to participate (MHD patients)

Exclusion

  • Known allergies to egg consumption (both healthy controls and MHD patients)
  • Phenylketonuria (both healthy controls and MHD patients)
  • Vegans (both healthy controls and MHD patients)
  • Diagnosed GI tract diseases (healthy controls)
  • Recent (1 year) participation in amino acid tracer studies (both healthy controls and MHD patients)
  • Predisposition to hypertrophic scarring or keloid formation (both healthy controls and MHD patients)
  • Diabetes (healthy controls)
  • Pregnancy (both healthy controls and MHD patients)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 18 2017

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

16 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03478722

Start Date

January 18 2017

End Date

April 1 2018

Last Update

May 1 2018

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Freer Hall

Urbana, Illinois, United States, 61801