Kidney Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: adults with age = 18 years, receiving maintenance HD thrice weekly for at least 6 months, and had protein energy wasting (PEW) defined as serum albumin level = 3.5 g/dL (8,9,10) and prealbumin < 20 mg/dl
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: infections, cirrhosis, enteropathy, metastatic malignancy, current treatment with immunosuppressive agents or corticosteroid, history of allergy to any component of used ONS and inadequate dialysis (Kt/V < 1.2)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in serum albumin level | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| change in serum prealbumin, TIBC, hs-CRP, ferritin, cholesterol and dry body weight | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
ain shams university faculty of medicine internal medicine department