Early Detection of Malnutrition in Oncology Patients and Elderly Patients (MALNUTRITION)

Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Malnutrition

Treatments: Other: Nutritional Risk Assessment Questionnaire; Diagnostic Test: Blood test; Diagnostic Test: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06499623

UZIS 2024/1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The project is a national, prospective, multicenter, non-interventional pilot project of malnutrition screening in the Czech Republic.

The main goal of the project is to methodically prepare, implement and evaluate a pilot project that will verify the suitability of the proposed procedure for the early detection of malnutrition in oncology patients and hospitalised patients patients 65 years of age and older, as this has a significant effect on the quality of life and the effectiveness of the services provided oncological treatment.

Full description

The main goal of the project is the early detection of malnutrition in oncology patients and hospitalised patients 65 years of age and older, as this has a significant effect on the quality of life and the effectiveness of the services provided oncological treatment.

Another goal of the project will be the creation of a unified diagnostic proposal process and methodological material for determining malnutrition. This process will then be designed as the standard of nursing practice for patients with an oncological diagnosis and for persons older than 65 years such that, so that an adequate nutritional intervention is started in time, which will lead to a higher tolerance of demanding treatment and thus to increase the quality of life.

The project will include testing the procedure on a sample of approx. 1,500 oncological and 500 geriatric patients.

The project is supported by the European Social Fund (Operational Program Employment plus) and the state budget of the Czech Republic and is registered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic under ID: CZ.03.02.02/00/22_005/0000282.

Enrollment: 2,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Cohort Oncological patients:

• 18+
• an oncological diagnosis
• a survival prognosis of at least 3 months

Cohort Patients older than 65 years:

• 65+
• hospitalization at least 14 days or longer

Exclusion Criteria (both cohorts):

• not agreeing to participate in the project

Trial design

2,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Oncological patients

Description:

The inclusion criteria for the cohort of oncological patients are age 18+, an oncological diagnosis and a survival prognosis of at least 3 months.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Diagnostic Test: Blood test

Other: Nutritional Risk Assessment Questionnaire

Patients older than 65 years

Description:

The inclusion criteria for this cohort are age 65 and older and hospitalization at least 14 days or longer.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Diagnostic Test: Blood test

Other: Nutritional Risk Assessment Questionnaire