Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03083912
Effect of High Protein, High-calorie Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Malnourished Elderly in Nursing Homes.
Effect of High Protein, High-calorie Nutritional Supplementation in Malnourished Elderly in Nursing Homes. A Prospective, Observational, Multicentric Study (PROT-e-GER Study)
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 291 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hospital Viamed Valvanera, Spain · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The hypothesis of this study is that the administration of a high-calorie high-protein oral nutritional supplement twice a day for three months to elderly malnourished in residents in Spain is associated with improved nutritional status, with an increase in body weight of between 5 and 8%, and an improvement in functional status, with low incidence of complication.
Detailed description
A prospective, multi centric, observational study. The study is conducted in elderly living in nursing homes in Spain.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Fortimel Complete | The residents included receive 2 bottle por day. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-10-01
- Completion
- 2017-10-01
- First posted
- 2017-03-20
- Last updated
- 2017-11-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Spain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03083912. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.