Dialysis patients learn to lower potassium through diet
NCT ID NCT07632105
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether face-to-face nutrition education about potassium could help people on maintenance hemodialysis control their potassium levels. Fifty adult patients with high potassium took part. The goal was to reduce complications and improve quality of life.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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20 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult older than 18 years of both sex. * Individuals had been undergoing hemodialysis at least three times a week for more than six months. * Individuals have a serum potassium level ≥5.5 mEq/L. * Able to provide an informed consent. * Willingness to adhere to the study protocol for its entire duration. * Absence of any planned medical procedures that might interfere with study participation during the study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals who had received education on potassium previously. Patients who took potassium-lowering drugs. * Individuals whose serum potassium level was below 5.5 mEq/L during the month before the study. * Presence of Cardiovascular complications or any event from multiple co-morbid metabolic diseases like pulmonary edema, congestive heart failure, or coma.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tanta University
Tanta, Egypt
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