How to Prevent Renal Cachexia? A Clinical Randomized Pilot Study Testing Oral Supplemental Nutrition in Hemodialysis Patients With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

A new oral supplemental nutrition over 6 months had no treatment effect in surviving HIV-positive hemodialysis patients or in maintenance hemodialysis patients without HIV infection. The limitations of this study were small study size and unexpected high mortality among HIV-positive hemodialysis patients.