About the difference in efficacy depending on the carbon number of medium-chain fatty acids
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Frail elderly subjects
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000051444
- Lead Sponsor
- Tezukayama University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Those in need of enteral or intravenous nutritional therapy. Patients who have severe dysphagia and cannot take food orally. Those who have a level of consciousness rating (JCS: Japan coma scale) of 2-2 or higher. Type I diabetes mellitus and those with serious cardiac, hepatic, renal, or hematological diseases. Fasting blood glucose level of 200 mg/dl or higher. CRP 2.0 mg/dl or higher. Persons who frequently fall ill. BMI 25.0 kg/m2 or higher. Subjects with relevant food allergies. Persons who are unable to understand the study. Persons who are judged not to be included in the study by the facility director, who is the facility physician.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method