How to prevent renal cachexia? A clinical randomized pilot study testing oral supplemental nutrition in hemodialysis patients with and without human …

M Zilles, C Betz, O Jung, S Gauer… - Journal of Renal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective End-stage renal disease associates with catabolism and sarcopenia.
Hypothetically, peroral supplemental nutrition over 6 months prevents catabolism in
hemodialysis patients. Design Prospective randomized pilot study (ClinicalTrials. gov
Identifier: NCT00687050). Subjects Twenty-three hemodialysis patients (15 males and 7
females) with or without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection of 2 ambulatory
hemodialysis centers. Intervention HIV-positive hemodialysis patients (n= 7, Group 1) were …