Methods for Nutritional Assessment in Cirrhosis
- Conditions
- MalnutritionLiver CirrhosisCachexia
- Registration Number
- NCT02926261
- Lead Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
- Brief Summary
Nutritional status in patients with cirrhosis has been shown to have a direct influence on the prognosis of these patients, it is related to higher mortality and it has been linked to the developement and perpetuation of certain complications such as hepatic encephalopathy, ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
Despite the importance of nutritional status in this patients, most of the methods for its assessment are still not completely reliable or not easily accessible; therefore, evaluating nutritional status in the daily clinical practice is still a complex task.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 180
- Diagnosis of cirrhosis
- No restriction of etiology
- 18-75 years
- Child-Pugh stage A/B/C
- Signed informed consent
- Pregnancy
- Extremity amputation
- Malignancy different from hepatocellular carcinoma
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Nutritional status Evaluation at time of recruitment Characterization of nutritional status by three methods of nutritional assessment
* Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis
* CT scan
* Handgrip strength
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán"
🇲🇽Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán"🇲🇽Mexico City, DF, MexicoAldo Torre Delgadillo, BSc, MScContactdetoal@yahoo.mx