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Finger Food, Pleasure at Your Fingertips: Randomized Pilot Study, Open-label and Parallel Groups

NCT05389098 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-11-24

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Summary

Food is available in easy-to-grip bites that allow residents in care settings to use their fingers for food. This new way of eating can help limit weight loss, increase food intake, gain independence and improve the enjoyment of eating for residents.

Conditions

  • Undernutrition
  • Elderly Person

Interventions

OTHER

Hand-Eating

eat-hands type food mode

OTHER

Control

Usual eating mode

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Tours

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laura COUTON · CHU Tours

  • Laura COUTON · CHU Tours

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Max Age
120 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-03
Primary Completion
2027-01-31
Completion
2027-01-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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