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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN43554088
ISRCTN43554088
Completed
Not Applicable

Does intensive feeding improve nutritional status and outcome in acutely ill older in-patients?

HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)0 sites1,500 target enrollmentJanuary 23, 2004

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Acute illness
Sponsor
HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Enrollment
1500
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 23, 2004
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • All patients over 65 admitted acutely to Medicine for the Elderly wards. Sample is estimate to be 750 people in each group.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Patients unable to take food orally (e.g. unconscious, severe dysphagia)
  • 2\. Not expected to survive the current admission
  • 3\. Patients with a body mass index (BMI) greater or equal to 25

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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