Effects of a Clinical Dietary Intervention During Inpatient Treatment (FASTA)

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Fibromyalgia; Osteoarthritis, Hip; Metabolic Syndrome; Osteoarthritis, Knee; Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments: Other: Prolonged modified fasting

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03785197

FASTA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is a scientific and prospective documentation of the clinical effects of an inpatient treatment at the Immanuel Hospital of Berlin, in the department for complementary and integrative medicine, with the use of a modified fasting regime. A pre- and post- as well as group comparisons are planned. Patients that are admitted to the inpatient department for metabolic syndrome, osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia will be enrolled in the study.

Full description

At the beginning, during and at the end of the treatment at the inpatient department routine blood parameters, anthropometric parameters and certain scores and parameters specific to the different conditions will be measured. Questionnaires will be filled out by patients before and after the treatment as well as 3, 6 and 12 months after leaving the inpatient department.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patient is consents to participating in the trial during the first 24h of his or her stay in the inpatient naturopathic department of the Immanuel Hospital.
• Written informed consent is given
• The referral diagnosis is one of the following: diabetes mellitus type 2/metabolic syndrome, osteoarthritis of the hip, osteoarthritis of the knee, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia.

Exclusion criteria

• Language barries to understanding the instructions of the study personnel
• Dementia or other strong cognitive impairment
• Pregnant or lactating women
• Taking part in another study at the same time