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The Nutritional Health for the Elderly Reference Centre Study (The NHERC Study)

NCT03245047 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 811

Last updated 2021-03-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The prevalence of malnutrition among the elderly in Asia is high. The objective of this randomized, parallel, placebo controlled, double-blind study is to evaluate the effects of consuming an adult ONS plus dietary counseling (intervention group) for 180 days on nutritional status and unexpected hospital (re)admission, compared with a placebo supplement plus dietary counseling (control group).

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Oral Nutritional Supplement with AN 777

Oral Nutritional Supplement with AN 777, 2 servings a day

OTHER

Oral Nutritional Supplement

Oral Nutritional Supplement, 2 servings a day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Changi General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • SingHealth Polyclinics

    collaborator OTHER

  • Abbott Nutrition

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Agnes Siew Ling Tey, Ph.D. · Abbott Nutrition Research & Development

  • Samuel TH Chew, MB.BCh.BAO · Changi General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
110 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-30
Primary Completion
2020-03-10
Completion
2020-03-10

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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