Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Oral Nutritional Supplements in Nursing Home Residents
Lead Sponsor:
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
Collaborating Sponsors:
Pfrimmer Nutricia GmbH, Erlangen , Germany
Conditions:
Nursing Home Residents
Malnutrition or Risk of Malnutrition
Eligibility:
All Genders
65-110 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Although oral nutritional supplements (ONS) are known to be effective to treat malnutrition in older persons, evidence from nursing home populations including demented residents is rare, especially wi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- nursing home resident
- Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) score \<24 points or BMI ≤22 kg/m² or low food intake according to the nurses' perception or weight loss of ≥5% in the last 3 or ≥10% in 6 months
- informed consent
Exclusion
- anticipated hospital stay (\>1 week)
- renal disease (dialysis)
- end-stage disease
- intolerance to ONS according to previous attempts to administer these
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
87 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01859416
Start Date
March 1 2009
End Date
September 1 2010
Last Update
May 8 2024
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Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Nuremberg, Germany, 90408