Effectiveness of Quaker Complete Nutrition Supplements for Malnourished Adults

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malnutrition

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Quaker Complete Nutrition Supplements

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00523900

IRB00000428

Details and patient eligibility

About

Intervention study in malnourished adults to assess whether a nutritional supplement given for 8 weeks in addition to the subject's usual diet improves body weight, body composition, biochemical and immune parameters.

Full description

Criteria to be included in this study include:

BMI (Body Mass Index) under 19 Free of cancer, HIV/AIDS, bulimia/anorexia and any malabsorption disorders

Description:

We are studying whether adding nutritional shakes will help participants gain weight and improve their health and immunity. This study lasts about 8 weeks and has a total of 7 visits.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 95 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI (Body Mass Index) under 19
• Adult

Exclusion criteria

• HIV/AIDS
• Cancer
• malabsorption disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental

Experimental group

Description:

Malnourished adults who will be given a dietary supplement.

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Quaker Complete Nutrition Supplements