Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03124277
Nutritional Support for Rehabilitation In Parkinsonism
A Whey Protein-based Nutritional Supplement Enriched in Vitamin D, Leucine and Calcium for Patients With Parkinsonism Undergoing Rehabilitation Treatment: a Randomized Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 150 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Emanuele Cereda · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This randomized, trial will tested the hypothesis that nutritional supplementation with whey protein, essential amino acids - mainly leucine - vitamin D and calcium would increase the efficacy of physical rehabilitation in old adults suffering from Parkinson's disease o parkinsonism
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Fortifit® | Best local diet + two servings (40 grams each) of powder (Fortifit®; Nutricia) which has to be dissolved in 125 ml of water. Per serving, 20 g whey protein, 3 g total leucine, 9 g carbohydrates, 3 g fat, 800 IU vitamin D, and a mixture of vitamins, minerals, and fibers. |
| OTHER | Control Group | Best local diet |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-04-26
- Primary completion
- 2018-01-17
- Completion
- 2018-01-17
- First posted
- 2017-04-21
- Last updated
- 2025-05-01
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Italy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03124277. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.