Sarcopenia and Nutritional Status in a Rehabilitation Setting

Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sarcopenia

Treatments: Biological: Blood Sample; Biological: Gut microbiota; Diagnostic Test: GLIM; Diagnostic Test: handgrip strenght; Diagnostic Test: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA); Diagnostic Test: MUST; Other: Anthropometric measures

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04791540

SARCOBIA1_FDG

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this pilot observational study the primary outcome is to assess, in a Respiratory Rehabilitation Unit, if there is an association between sarcopenia, assessed by handgrip strenght and BIA, and a delayed decannulation time in patients who underwent tracheostomy.

Secondary outcomes are to assess if there is an association between an increased malnutrition risk (assessed by MUST), a poor nutritional status (assessed by GLIM criteria) and a delayed decannulation time and the gut microbiota composition.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Signed informed consent from patients or legal guardians for patients unfit to plead
• Presence of tracheostomy at admission

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal
• Pregnancy
• Pace maker/implantable cardioverter
• No legal guardians for patients unfit to plead

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with trachestomy

Description:

Patients, attending a respiratory rehabilitation program, who underwent tracheostomy decannulation

Treatment:

Other: Anthropometric measures

Diagnostic Test: MUST

Diagnostic Test: Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)

Diagnostic Test: handgrip strenght

Diagnostic Test: GLIM

Biological: Blood Sample

Biological: Gut microbiota