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Calf Circumference Versus X-ray Absorptiometry in the Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in Elderly Hospitalized Patients

NCT05869487 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 298

Last updated 2025-12-30

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Summary

This is a prospective single-center study to evaluate a diagnostic method. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the performance of calf circumference as a diagnostic method for sarcopenia in hospitalized elderly people, compared to a gold standard method which is X-ray absorptiometry. The study population are hospitalizing participants aged 75 years and older with an indication to search for sarcopenia.

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Whole body x-ray absorptiometry

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Matthieu COULONGEAT, MD · CHR d'Orléans

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-12-11
Primary Completion
2027-04-11
Completion
2027-04-11

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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