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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Nutrition Support Trial

NCT00538200 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 85

Last updated 2014-12-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the best form of dietary intervention to undernourished individuals with COPD.

The research aims to test the null hypothesis that there is no difference between oral nutritional supplements and dietary advice.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Oral Nutritional Supplements (Fortisip)

These products are classified as non-medicinal, borderline substances, foods for special medical purposes. A range of commercially available liquid oral nutritional supplements (Fortisip) will be offered daily for a 3 month period.

OTHER

Dietary Advice

Standard dietary advice

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southampton

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marinos Elia, Professor · University of Southampton

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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