The Influence of Cessation of Pomegranate Juice Intake on Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Markers and Glucose Control in Diabetic and Non Diabetic Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inflammation; Oxidative Stress

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01033435

Gron09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The current study will investigate chronic hemodialysis patients who were treated in our unit with pomegranate juice intake for 1 year - compared to a control group.

Markers will be taken 3 months after cessation of pomegranate juice intake, for inflammation and oxidative stress and Hb A1c.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chronic Hemodialysis patients three months after termination of study which is currently carried out at our unit; which compared patients taking pomegranate juice three times a week for 1 year to a group that received placebo juice.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who do not currently participate in above mentioned trial

Trial design

49 participants in 2 patient groups

chronic Hemodialysis patients, treated in our unit.

Treatment:

Other: No intervention

chronic Hemodialysis patients , No intervention

Description:

chronic Hemodialysis patients, treated in our unit.