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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON47862
NL-OMON47862
Completed
Not Applicable

A case-control study of oral and gut microbiota, malnutrition and appetite in community-dwelling older adults in the Netherlands - Microbiota, malnutrition and appetite in older adults (MICMAC).

Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum0 sites400 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Malnutrition
Sponsor
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum
Enrollment
400
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Observational invasive

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 65 years and older;
  • Mentally competent to agree with and participate in study;
  • Living at home (non\-institutionalized);
  • Participant of the LASA\-cohort (Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam).

Exclusion Criteria

  • Body\-Mass Index of 30 and above;
  • Active malignancy (with the exception of basal cell carcinoma);
  • History of inflammatory bowel disease;
  • Immune suppression (either medicinal or disease\-related);
  • Use of antibiotics three months prior to faecal and salivary sampling;
  • Long\-term admittance (more than 4 weeks) to hospital or long\-term care facility in three months prior to faecal and salivary sampling;
  • Clinical symptoms of acute gastro\-enteritis in the two weeks prior to faecal and salivary sampling (i.e. vomiting, acute diarrhoea).

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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