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Prevention, Lifestyle and Behaviour as treatment for Kidney transplantation, sponsored by Dr Michael Collins
Get in touch This trial recruits from March 2014 for 43 weeks
Dr Michael Collins
Phone: +64 9 3797440
Fax: +64 9 3074987
Email: michael.collins@adhb.govt.nz
Address:
Department of Renal Medicine
Auckland City Hospital
Private Bag 92024
Auckland 1142
Inclusion Criteria
Age: From 18 years
Gender: Both males and females
- Adult kidney transplant recipients, aged >18 years, who reside and undergo transplant surgery in the Auckland region
- Willing to participate in all trial procedures for duration of follow-up
- Written informed consent
- Stable graft function (as determined by the treating Nephrologist)
Exclusion Criteria
- Severe obesity (BMI >40kg/m2)
- Underweight (BMI <18.5kg/m2)
- Evidence of significant malnutrition requiring enteral or parenteral nutrition therapy
- Ongoing significant medical complications that preclude involvement in the trial (as determined by the treating Nephrologist)
- Participants who are pregnant, or considered likely to become pregnant during the duration of the trial. Diabetes, cardiovascular disease or other stable medical co-morbidities post-transplant will NOT be exclusions per se.
ACTRNACTRN12614000155695
The INTENT trial: The effect of intensive nutrition interventions on weight gain after kidney transplantation - a randomised controlled trial
Intensive Nutrition Interventions after Kidney Transplantation