Oral Amino Acid Supplementation for End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients on Hemodialysis
This study is looking for people aged 18-64 with end-stage kidney disease who are receiving hemodialysis three times a week. It aims to see if taking Valine or a combination of essential amino acids (EEA) can help improve fatigue, frailty, and thinking abilities. Both Valine and EEA are medical foods. The study will measure changes in your fatigue levels using a tool called the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) over 17 weeks to see if the supplements are successful. We don't have information on the current recruitment status for this study.
- Study design
- This is a single-center study planning to enroll 28 participants. It will compare the effects of Valine with a combination of essential amino acids (EEA).
- What's involved
- Not specified in the trial record.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your fatigue levels will be measured from the beginning of the study up to 17 weeks.
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Oral Intradialytic Amino Acid Supplementation to Vitalize End-stage Kidney Disease Patients on Hemodialysis
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Subrata Debnath, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Who to contact
This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov
What this trial measures
- Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) scoreBaseline to 17 weeks
Changes in global fatigue score measured with the 9-item Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI). The first 3 questions assess fatigue severity, and the remaining 6 questions measure the impact of fatigue on activity, mood, walking, work, relationships, and enjoyment of life. Respondents rate each item on a 0-10 numeric scale, with 0 meaning "no fatigue" and 10 meaning "fatigue as bad as you can imagine." Scores of all 9 items yield global fatigue burden. A lower average global fatigue score indicates milder fatigue and a higher score severe fatigue.