The assessment will include clinical and nutritional parameters, estimated glomerular filtration rate, proteinuria, serum lipids, inflammatory factors, and bowel habits. The study protocol includes the recruitment of patients who will undergo to 4-week washout period. After patients will be randomized and provided with probiotic therapy (intervention group) or placebo (maltodextrin; control group) for 24 weeks. All patients will be instructed to consume 2 sachets/day of probiotic or placebo and receive nutritional advice.
