Among 46 patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis who refered to Shafa Dialysis Center, according to inclusion & exclusion criteria, 40 eligible patients were chosen.
The paitients participated in the study consciosly and arbitrarily and they were chosen with respect to ethics confirmed by the hospital ethic commettee and were enrolled in RCT Bank.
The qualified patients were divided into intervention and control groups (each group consisted of 20 people) according to balanced block randomization method.
In intervention group, in addition to the standard treatment, patients received 400 mg of standard garlic powder extract tablets twice a day for 8 weeks. each tablet contains 1000 micrograms of alliin.
In the control group, a placebo was prescribed during this period.
Lipid profile ,inflammatory and cardiovascular indicators and peritoneal function tests were evaluated in each group before and after intervention.
Patients were monitored for any complications, side effects and drug safety in each follow up visits.
Anonymously collected demographic data includes age, sex,history of diabetes, history of hypertension, lipid profile, underlying disorders leading to renal failure, duration of the disease, duration of peritoneal dialysis, drug history and inflammatory and cardiovascular indicators.
Statistical analysis will be performed by SPSS 19 software.