Status:

COMPLETED

Study Impact of Nutritional Supplementary Treatment of Undernourished Stroke Patient on Functional Outcome Measures

Lead Sponsor:

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Conditions:

Stroke

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-95 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Undernutrition after stroke is frequent and is due to cognitive impairment, visuospatial perceptive deficits, hemiparesis, depression and dysphagia. The impact of intensive nutritional supplementation...

Detailed Description

The World Health Organization defines malnutrition as "the cellular imbalance between supply of nutrients and energy and the body's demand for them to ensure growth, maintenance, and specific function...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke documented clinically and by neuroimaging.
  • Admission to the Stroke Rehabilitation Service of the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital within 4 weeks of the acute neurological insult.
  • Informed consent, from patient or other responsible person according to Burke IRB standards.
  • Stable medical condition, including cardiac status.
  • Patient able to take diet and medication either orally or via the PEG tube.

Exclusion

  • Patients with prior documented history of alcohol abuse, renal and liver diseases, and malabsorption.
  • Patients medically unstable.
  • Patient's terminal ill (e.g., patients with stroke as a complication of a terminal cancer).
  • Patients participating in any other structured therapeutic trial in the acute care hospital or at Burke.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

December 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00332800

Start Date

October 1 2003

End Date

December 1 2005

Last Update

June 2 2006

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Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

White Plains, New York, United States, 10605

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