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Combining Nutrition Supplementation With an Exercise Program in Elderly Malnourished Frail Patients After Hospital Stay

NCT05325697 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2022-04-13

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Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of a combined nutritional and home-based exercise intervention in elderly, malnourished, frail patients after hospital discharge.

Adherence to exercise program, adherence to oral nutrition supplement, potential inhibiting factors to follow exercise program, changes in nutritional status, muscle mass and function, quality of life are outcome factors.

The intervention consists of 12 weeks with a physical exercise program (vivifrail) and oral nutritional supplementation (Moltein Plus).

The investigators hypothesize that 12 weeks of a combined nutritional and home-based multicomponent exercise program is feasible for frail elderly patients after hospital discharge, meaning that ≥70% of the exercise sessions will be completed and oral supplements will be consumed by the participants.

Conditions

Interventions

COMBINATION_PRODUCT

Intervention consisting of a multicomponent exercise program combined with an oral nutritional supplement

The multicomponent exercise program to prevent frailty and risk of falls (Vivifrail) was developed by a European expert group co-funded by the ERASMUS+ programm of the European Union. The program consists of a screening and a subsequent 12-week exercise program. The screening classifies individuals into four categories: disabled, frail, pre-frail, or robust and the difficulty of the program's exercises is adapted to the categories and it includes endurance, balance, and resistance training as well as stretching exercises. This exercise program will be combined with an oral nutritional supplement (Moltein®Plus), which was specifically designed to promote muscle health in elderly people. Moltein®Plus is completely balanced oral nutrition supplement made from whey protein fortified with leucine. Enriching dietary protein with leucine allows to maximize muscle protein synthesis rates without calling for very high protein doses, which are difficult to ingest for older individuals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Reto W Kressig, Prof. · University Department of Geriatric Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-30
Primary Completion
2022-10-31
Completion
2022-10-31

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