The Effects of Protein Supplementation and Resistance Exercise in Hemodialysis Patients

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: End Stage Renal Disease

In brief

The objective of this study is to determine how protein supplementation, with or without exercise, affects functional capacity, strength, body composition, and physical activity in hemodialysis patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00179140

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

26

Starts

2002-11-01

Expected to finish

2006-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• On hemodialysis for more than 3 months, on a thrice weekly hemodialysis program;
• Adequately dialyzed (Kt/V > 1.4).
• Age > 18 years old.
• Properly functioning AV Graft

You may not qualify if…

• Patients unable to perform exercise due to cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, etc.
• Pregnant women.
• 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 will not perform the MRI if contraindication as determined using the VUMC MRI Procedure Screening Form (attached) or prior claustrophobic reaction in an MRI scanner.

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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