NCT00135590

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Protein Pulse-Feeding Pattern in Elderly Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The researchers tested the hypothesis that a protein pulse-feeding pattern was more efficient in improving muscle mass and immune functions than was a protein spread-feeding pattern, after 45 days, in elderly malnourished patients.

Detailed description

To estimate the amelioration of the accretion in protein and the immunizing deficit thanks to a nutrition "PULSEE" ( to hold on 80 % of the proteic by day in on meal) with a proteic distributed all along the day for old subjects having a denutrition To also estimate that the diminution of the morbidity decrease (infections, bedsores) the average during the stay and the mortality according to 2 modalities of grip nutritional

Conditions

• Protein-Energy Malnutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Protein pulse-feeding	Dietary protein (80% of daily intake) was consumed in one meal (12.00h)
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Spread diet	Dietary protein was spread over the four meals.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-11-01
• Completion: 2007-10-01
• First posted: 2005-08-26
• Last updated: 2007-11-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France