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Understanding Acute Sarcopenia

NCT03858192 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 168

Last updated 2019-05-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to characterise acute changes in muscle mass, strength, physical performance in hospitalised older adults. We will assess the impact of these changes upon physical function at three month follow-up, and assess for the impact of clinical and immune-endocrine factors upon these changes.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Colorectal surgery procedure

Elective admission for colorectal surgery

PROCEDURE

Emergency abdominal surgery

Emergency admission necessitating emergency surgery

DRUG

Antibiotics

Treatment for infection and reason for admission

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Carly Welch, MBChB · University of Birmingham

  • Thomas Jackson, MBChB, PhD · University of Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-03
Primary Completion
2021-07-31
Completion
2021-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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