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Nutritional Intervention in Malnourished Elderly Patients

NCT00417508 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2019-04-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether nutritional supplementation will improve functional outcome parameters and nutritional status in elderly patients.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Sip feeding

Daily supplement with sip feeding, 2 packages(each package containing 200 ml,20 g protein and 300 kcal)

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Dietary Advice

The patients will receive ordinary dietary advice with a recommendation of four meals per day or similar dietary advice and no daily sip feeding supplements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre for Research in the Elderly, Tromsoe, Norway

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital of North Norway

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jon R Florholmen, MD, PhD · University Hospital of Northern Norway, Dep of Medical Gastroenterology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-12-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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