Nutritional Intervention for Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hip Fractures
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Protein supplementation

• Registration Number: NCT01088139
• Lead Sponsor: Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled, observer blinded trial to study the beneficial effect of nutritional supplementation in elderly Hong Kong patients after hip fracture surgery during rehabilitation and at 4 weeks follow up. The control group will receive Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation whereas the intervention group will receive a moderately high dose protein nutritional supplementation in addition to Vitamin D and Calcium. Both groups undergo the same rehabilitation program and dietary counseling before discharge. They are followed up 4 weeks after discharge or completion of supplementation. The outcome parameters are nutritional parameters and rehabilitation outcomes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-11
• Primary Completion: 2010-03
• Study First Submitted: 2010-03-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2010-03-17
• Status Verified: 2011-04
• Study Completion: 2011-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2011-05-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 126

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 60 years or older
• Recent low impact osteoporotic fracture of the proximal femur surgically repaired within 4 weeks before recruitment

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who require tube feeding
• Patients in unstable medical condition
• Body mass index (BMI) ≧ 25
• Malignancy
• Conditions with contraindication for high protein diet
• Mentally incapacitated and inability to communicate or understand the consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutritional Supplementation	Protein supplementation	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nutritional parameters	Change from Baseline in nutritional parameters at discharge from hospital and at 4 weeks after discharge	Biochemical and anthropometric measurements

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rehabilitation Outcomes	Change from Baseline in rehabilitation outcomes at discharge from hospital and at 4 weeks after discharge	functional, strength and mobility measurements

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Rehabilitation, Kowloon Hospital; 🇭🇰 Kowloon, Hong Kong