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Effect of High Protein, High-calorie Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Malnourished Elderly in Nursing Homes.

NCT03083912 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 291

Last updated 2017-11-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The hypothesis of this study is that the administration of a high-calorie high-protein oral nutritional supplement twice a day for three months to elderly malnourished in residents in Spain is associated with improved nutritional status, with an increase in body weight of between 5 and 8%, and an improvement in functional status, with low incidence of complication.

Conditions

  • Other Malnutrition

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Fortimel Complete

The residents included receive 2 bottle por day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital Clinic of Barcelona

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital Viamed Valvanera, Spain

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nuria Fernandez Bodas · Nutricia, Inc.

  • Alfonso Cruz Jentoft, MD PhD · Head of Geriatric Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-10-31
Completion
2017-10-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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