Effects of Homemade Oral Nutrition Supplements for Patients on Hemodialysis With Protein-energy Wasting
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorUniversiti Malaysia Sabah
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if homemade oral nutrition supplements works to treat protein energy wasting in patients on hemodialysis. It will also learn about the cost-effectiveness of homemade oral nutrition supplements. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does homemade oral nutrition supplements improve the nutritional status of patients on hemodialysis with protein energy wasting? * What is the cost-effectiveness of homemade oral nutrition supplements?
Researchers will compare homemade oral nutrition supplements to commercial oral nutrition supplements to see if homemade oral nutrition supplements works to treat protein energy wasting in patients on hemodialysis.
Participants will:
* Take homemade or commercial oral nutrition supplements every day for 6 months * Have assessment of nutritional status performed by researchers every three monthly
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
on maintenance HD dialysis treatment (thrice weekly and 4-hour per session) for at least three months
age 18 - 70 year old
diagnosed with protein energy wasting using the malnutrition inflammation score (≥ 5)
Disqualifiers
a history of poor adherence to HD treatment (frequently miss the HD treatment for more than one session every month)
a history of frequent hospitalization (more than once in the past one month)
on regular oral nutrition supplements
diagnosed with malignancy
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Homemade oral nutrition supplements
- Commercial oral nutrition supplements
Treatment groups
40 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Lead sponsor
National Kidney Foundation Malaysia
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov