Status:
COMPLETED
Study Impact of Nutritional Supplementary Treatment of Undernourished Stroke Patient on Functional Outcome Measures
Lead Sponsor:
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-95 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Undernutrition after stroke is frequent and is due to cognitive impairment, visuospatial perceptive deficits, hemiparesis, depression and dysphagia. The impact of intensive nutritional supplementation...
Detailed Description
The World Health Organization defines malnutrition as "the cellular imbalance between supply of nutrients and energy and the body's demand for them to ensure growth, maintenance, and specific function...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke documented clinically and by neuroimaging.
- Admission to the Stroke Rehabilitation Service of the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital within 4 weeks of the acute neurological insult.
- Informed consent, from patient or other responsible person according to Burke IRB standards.
- Stable medical condition, including cardiac status.
- Patient able to take diet and medication either orally or via the PEG tube.
Exclusion
- Patients with prior documented history of alcohol abuse, renal and liver diseases, and malabsorption.
- Patients medically unstable.
- Patient's terminal ill (e.g., patients with stroke as a complication of a terminal cancer).
- Patients participating in any other structured therapeutic trial in the acute care hospital or at Burke.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00332800
Start Date
October 1 2003
End Date
December 1 2005
Last Update
June 2 2006
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Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
White Plains, New York, United States, 10605