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Pressure Ulcers in Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition Therapy and Their Relationship With Gut Microbiota

NCT03627910 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2021-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental group where they will be given enteral nutrition formula rich in zinc and arginine plus a symbiotic (Probinul- Ca.Di.GROUP S.r.l.) once a day for 90 days or the control group where they will receive only the enteral nutrition formula rich in zinc and arginine.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition
  • Pressure Ulcer

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

symbiotic

Feed supplementation

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

zinc and arginine

Feed supplementation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Luisa Eliana Luisi, MD · Don Gnocchi Foundation, Italy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-11
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2022-01-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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