DIALYSIS PATIENTS

This study looks at whether eating more protein can help people on dialysis avoid hospital stays. Dialysis removes nutrients like protein from the blood, and current guidelines are based on old research. The study will give some participants a high-protein diet or supplements and…

This study tests whether roxadustat, a drug currently used to treat anemia in kidney disease, can also improve sarcopenia (muscle loss) in patients on hemodialysis. Sixty adults with end-stage kidney disease and anemia will receive either roxadustat or standard erythropoietin. Re…

This study tests whether using a lower-sodium dialysis fluid can improve blood pressure and blood vessel function in people with kidney failure on hemodialysis. Twenty-five participants will each receive both a low-sodium and a standard-sodium dialysis for three weeks, in random …

This study will measure the thickness of the carotid artery wall in 100 adults on hemodialysis. The goal is to see how traditional heart risk factors (like high blood pressure and diabetes) and dialysis-specific factors (like treatment length) relate to artery thickness. No new t…