Diagnostic Performance of Controlling Nutritional Status as a Nutritional Screening Tool in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease (CONUT)

Hospital General de Mexico

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Inflammatory Bowel Disease 5

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: CONUT

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06648551

DI/23/501/03/31

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this observational study is to determine the diagnostic performance of CONUT as a nutritional screening tool in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The main questions to be answered are:

What is the sensitivity and specificity of CONUT as a nutritional screening tool in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

The participants will:

Undergo body composition analysis and a medical history review to understand the characteristics of their current condition, apply the GLIM criteria, and conduct their nutritional assessment.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 years and older
• Gender unspecified
• Histologically confirmed Ulcerative Colitis
• Diagnosis confirmed by a specialist physician

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with any amputation or prosthesis
• Patients with a pacemaker
• Patients with any neoplasm
• Pregnancy or lactation
• With comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, thyroid problems