Effect of Essential Aminoacid Supplementation and Exercise on Skeletal Muscle Function in Hemodialysis Patients

ConditionSarcopenia
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age20-80
SponsorChungnam National University Hospital

About this trial

Sarcopenia can be easily observed in patients with hemodialysis. However, there were few studies on the precise concept and diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia in patients with hemodialysis. The investigators have already recognized the sarcopenia-associated mortality and morbidity in patients with hemodialysis. However, intervention studies on hemodialysis patients with sarcopenia have not been conducted until now. In 2021, the investigators conducted a pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of the combined exercise and nutrition intervention for sarcopenia in patients with hemodialysis to confirm the effectiveness. This study is a follow-up study, conducted as a randomized controlled trial.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients with hemodialysis

Community-dwellers

Able to walk with or without assistive devices for more than 100 meters

Disqualifiers

A person with cancer disease.

People with psychiatric symptoms.

A person who has an absorption disorder or has a history of resection of the small intestine or colon

Pregnant women

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • exercise and nutritional support

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups