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Obesity management for kidney TRANSPLANTation: protocol for the vanguard phase of an innovative randomised controlled trial, embedded in routine care (OK-TRANSPLANT 2).

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Key takeaways

This describes the plan for a new trial testing a weight-loss program for people with advanced kidney disease. Carrying extra weight can block a person from getting a kidney transplant, so the program aims to help them qualify. The study is just starting, so there are no results yet.

Who did this work

Clemens KK · Irwin J · Chiu M · Dixon S · Bendo NJ · Varughese P · Vinson AJ · Lapier H · Attalla D · Ernst J · Khan T · Young A

Source

Article · PubMed, the drug frontier · 2026 Aug 11
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42580835/