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Nutritional Support in Femur Fracture Rehabilitation

NCT04306536 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-09-04

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Summary

This randomized, observer-blinded trial tested the hypothesis that nutritional supplementation with muscle-target nutritional supplementation would increase the efficacy of a physical rehabilitation program in old adults with femur fracture treated with surgery.

Conditions

  • Femur Fracture

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Fortifit®

Best local diet + two servings (40 grams each) of powder (Fortifit®; Nutricia) which has to be dissolved in 125 ml of water. Per serving, 20 g whey protein, 3 g total leucine, 9 g carbohydrates, 3 g fat, 800 IU vitamin D, and a mixture of vitamins, minerals, and fibers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Barichella Michela

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lorenzo Panella, MD · ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-19
Primary Completion
2020-12-20
Completion
2020-12-20

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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