The Effects of Resistance Exercise and Protein Supplementation 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

NCT00179218

Run by

Vanderbilt University

People needed

19

Starts

2005-04-01

Expected to finish

2007-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-07-09

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 ≥ 1.2).
• Age ≥ 18 years old.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients unable to perform exercise due to cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, etc., as determined by the PI and the primary physician of the subject.
• Pregnant women.
• Patients hospitalized within the last month prior to the study.

Where it is running

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

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