Probiotics Use in the Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2011-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether probiotics can improve the nutrition status and prevent peritonitis in the chronic peritoneal dialysis patients.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
• Collaborator: Pro-bio Biotech Co. Ltd.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1. uremia patient under chronic peritoneal dialysis ≧ 3 months

• 2. Age between 16 and 75 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• 1. uremia patient with advanced malignance disease

• 2. uremia patient had more than 2 episode of G(+) peritonitis within the last one year

• 3. uremia patient with expected life ≦ 1 years

• 4. uremia patient with the history of drug or alcohol abuse

• 5. uremia patient with poor drug compliance

• 6. uremia patient with active infection disease

• 7. uremia patient with uncontrolled autoimmune disease such as SLE