NCT02582138

Multicomponent Intervention for Physical Frailty and Sarcopenia

Sarcopenia and Physical fRailty IN Older People: Multi-componenT Treatment Strategies (SPRINTT)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The SPRINTT study will evaluate the efficacy of a multicomponent intervention programme (physical activity, nutritional counselling/dietary intervention, and information and communications technology intervention) compared with a healthy aging lifestyle education programme on mobility disability, in non-disabled older people with physical frailty and sarcopenia.

Detailed description

As the life expectancy in European countries continues to increase, the maintenance of physical independence in older persons has become a major public health priority. The ability to ambulate without assistance is crucial for independent living and it is often the first ability to be lost in the process leading to disability. Older people who have impaired walking function need more assistance and are more likely to be placed in nursing homes, have a higher risk of morbidity, mortality and hospitalisation, and experience a reduced quality of life. The ultimate goals of the Sarcopenia and Physical fRailty IN older people: multicomponenT Treatment strategies (SPRINTT) project are to offer efficient treatment options, based on a multicomponent intervention including physical activity, nutrition and information and communications technology, to physically frail, sarcopenic older persons and to improve their quality of life. The result will directly contribute to the long-term sustainability and efficiency of health- and social-care systems. The conceptualisation of physical frailty and sarcopenia (PF\&S) as proposed in SPRINTT will promote significant advancements over the traditional approaches by enabling the precise operationalisation of the condition, a clear identification of the affected population and the rapid translation of findings to the clinical arena.

Conditions

• Sarcopenia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Multicomponent intervention (MCI)	The multicomponent intervention will include physical activity (PA), nutrition and information and communications technology (ICT). The PA will be of moderate intensity and will include aerobic, strength, flexibility, and balance training. Walking will be the primary mode of PA . The nutritional intervention will combine individual nutritional assessment and personalised dietary recommendations to achieve: * a daily total energy intake of 25-30 kcal/kg body weight; * an average protein daily intake between 1.0 and 1.2 g/Kg/body weight. The ICT component will involve the use of an ad hoc technological device to record actimetry data to support the elaboration of a personalised training programme.
OTHER	Healthy Aging Lifestyle Education (HALE)	The healthy aging lifestyle education programme will be based on a workshop series. Participants will receive information on a variety of topics of relevance to older adults (e.g., recommended preventive services and screenings at different ages). The programme will also include a short instructor-led programme (5-10 minutes) of upper extremity stretching exercises or some relaxation techniques that will be performed at the end of each workshop.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2015-10-21
• Last updated: 2017-02-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy