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Nutritional Therapy for Stroke Patients

NCT00163007 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 125

Last updated 2009-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Prospective, short-term studies in patients admitted for acute stroke have shown an increased risk of infections, bedsores, impaired functional outcome, slower rate of recovery, poorer rehabilitation potential and higher mortality in patients with a poor nutritional status. In hospitals without routine nutritional assessment and individual nutrition management plans, the risk of patients developing malnutrition may be increased. In this study, patients admitted for acute stroke are randomised into either receiving nutritional therapy derived from estimated individual nutritional intake and nutritional needs, or nutritional therapy based on routine care without routine assessment of nutritional status, intake, or needs. The primary outcome measure is the percentage of patients with weight loss ≥ 5 % at three month follow-up.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Nutritional support

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oslo

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ostfold Hospital Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Truls Hauge, PhD · Ullevaal University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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