Nonprotein calorie supplement improves adherence to low-protein diet and exerts beneficial responses on renal function in chronic kidney disease.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Dietary Proteins in this randomized controlled trial publication.

Malnutrition is common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are on low-protein diets and is a powerful predictor of morbidity and mortality in CKD.

Their study evaluated the effects of a nonprotein calorie (NPC) supplement on renal function and nutritional status in patients on a low-protein diet.

Who Took Part

According to the abstract, 109 patients were involved.

The age groups tagged for this paper are adults, middle-aged adults and older adults, both men and women.

How the Study Was Run

The design is described as randomized and open-label.

The patients were allocated by chance, so the Dietary Proteins group and the comparison group should start out alike.

Being open-label, the Dietary Proteins study did not mask who received what.

This was a prospective, randomized, open-label, controlled clinical trial.

The control group received dietary counseling only.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Creatinine, Diet, Protein-Restricted, Dietary Proteins, Dietary Supplements, Energy Intake, Energy Metabolism and Glomerular Filtration Rate.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized and open-label study of Dietary Proteins in 109 patients.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 6 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2013 (Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation), a journal based in United States.

More context: all human trials.