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Hohenheim Malnutrition Study in Geriatric Fracture Patients

NCT03493100 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 106

Last updated 2018-10-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate long-term effects of early and prolonged individualized and optimized nutritional support using ONS for four weeks, in combination with a defined physiotherapy regimen, on sarcopenia and other outcome parameters in elderly fracture patients.

Conditions

  • Geriatric Patients

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

oral nutritional supplementation

The intervention group will receive optimized nutritional support, by ONS. While hospitalized each patient receives 2 portions of oral supplementation per day. For remaining days supplementation is calculated individually according to a sarcopenia/energy balance schema resulting in none or maximum 2 portions per day.

OTHER

Usual care

The control group will receive treatment according to usual care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Hohenheim

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephan C. Bischoff · University of Hohenheim

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-15
Primary Completion
2018-04-30
Completion
2018-10-25

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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