CompletedNot Applicable

Nutritional Counseling in Systemic Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis

Italy144 participantsStarted 2007-07

Plain-language summary

Poor nutritional status is common in patients with systemic immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis and has been associated with mortality and impaired quality of life (QoL). We investigated whether nutritional counseling is beneficial to the maintenance of nutritional status and QoL in AL outpatients.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Treatment naïve patients with with systemic immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis * Availability to planned measurements and to written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Indication to organ transplantation * Indication to autologous stem cell transplantation * Need to start or ongoing dialysis * Ascites or massive edema * Need to start or ongoing artificial nutrition

What they're measuring

Body weight

Timeframe: 12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02055534

SponsorFondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2013-09

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