Nutritional Counseling in Systemic Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
Nutritional Counseling in Systemic Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
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.
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