NCT02926261

Methods for Nutritional Assessment in Cirrhosis

Evaluation of Three Methods for Nutritional Assessment in Patients With Cirrhosis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 180 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Nutritional status in patients with cirrhosis has been shown to have a direct influence on the prognosis of these patients, it is related to higher mortality and it has been linked to the developement and perpetuation of certain complications such as hepatic encephalopathy, ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Despite the importance of nutritional status in this patients, most of the methods for its assessment are still not completely reliable or not easily accessible; therefore, evaluating nutritional status in the daily clinical practice is still a complex task.

Conditions

• Liver Cirrhosis
• Cachexia
• Malnutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis	Evaluation of nutritional status with Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis, hand-grip strength and computed-tomography scan

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-01
• Completion: 2021-12-01
• First posted: 2016-10-06
• Last updated: 2020-02-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Mexico