Dietary Intervention to Improve Kidney Transplant Outcomes

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Kidney Transplant; Complications, Kidney Diseases, Transplant;Failure,Kidney, Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity, Diet, Healthy, Lifestyle, Healthy

In brief

Randomized controlled trial of a curriculum intervention teaching patients to eat a whole-food plant-based dietary pattern versus standard of care in kidney transplant recipients within the first few months of transplant

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05449496

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

49

Starts

2022-06-27

Expected to finish

2028-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-08

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Kidney transplant recipient aged 18 or greater
• Post-transplant months 2-12
• eGFR >= 20 mL/min
• Have at least one of the following:
• Hypertension history (BP >= 150/90 or on BP medications)
• Hyperglycemia history (FBG >= 100 x 2 or on diabetes medications)
• Overweight (BMI >= 25)

You may not qualify if…

• Rejection episode before study enrollment
• Gastrointestinal feeding tube or requires alternative nutrition
• Unable to understand or read English
• Unable to attend online classes or complete study questionnaires independently
• Already eating a plant-based diet
• Unwilling to make dietary changes
• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• Unable to consent
• Blindness
• Prisoners

Where it is running

• UC Davis — Sacramento, California, United States

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