The Undernourished Patient: Prevention and Treatment

University of Oslo

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Weight Loss

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Nutritional support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01632072

2012/928

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a nutrition intervention during a rehabilitation stay followed by nutritional advice after discharge, can improve the nutritional status of the patients after 3 months.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. In risk of undernutrition or undernourished according to the screening tool NRS-2002, score 3 or above.
2. Living in Oslo, Bærum or Asker municipality.
3. Must be able to cooperate.

Exclusion criteria

1. Unwilling to participate
2. Less than 12 months life expectancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Nutritional counseling

Experimental group

Description:

Dietary supplement

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Nutritional support

No nutritional counceling

No Intervention group