Effect of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus on serum uremic toxins (phenol and P-Cresol) in hemodialysis patients: A double blind randomized clinical trial.

Background: Uremic toxins such as p-cresol and phenol are suggested to be associated with higher mortality in hemodialysis patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of probiotics on some serum uremic toxin levels in hemodialysis patients.

Methods: Patients undergoing hemodialysis in a university dialysis center were enrolled in this randomized controlled double blind clinical trial.

Evaluation of Curcumin's effect on inflammation in hemodialysis patients.

Objective: Despite advances in prevention of inflammatory milieu with different anti-inflammatory modalities in hemodialysis patients the rate of inflammatory markers in this population are still high. Inflammation is considered as a major player in uremia associated with morbidity and mortality in hemodialysis patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the turmeric s effects on reduction of inflammatory markers in hemodialysis patients.

The appropriate dose of thymoglobulin induction therapy in kidney transplantation.

Background: Thymoglobulin is used effectively as an induction agent in kidney transplantation, but there is no consensus on the optimal dose. In order to delineate the safest effective dose, an open-labeled randomized clinical trial was designed.

Methods: In this study, 90 adult kidney transplant recipients (KTR) were randomized before transplantation in three groups to receive thymoglobulin: Arm A (4.