Status:
COMPLETED
Study of Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypovitaminosis C in Long Term Care Unit
Lead Sponsor:
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Conditions:
Vitamin C Deficiency
Scurvy
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The clinical finding of skin rashes which appear after a vitamin C deficiency in Long Term Care Unit leads us to believe that the institutional diet could predispose to this kind of deficiency. Vitami...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female over 65 years old
- living in the Unit of Long Term Care without any limit time.
- with a system of social insurance
- Who gave its consent by his own , or with help of his representant or his tutor or curator.
Exclusion
- rejection of the blood sample
- patient feeding with articial nutritional feeding (stomach tube feeding)
- person close to death, who is not able to feed himself and / or with life-threatening in short time.
- Patient with personal history of vitamin C deficiency.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 31 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 14 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03807791
Start Date
January 31 2019
End Date
June 14 2019
Last Update
September 3 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Unité de soins Longue Durée, Hôpital Pierre Garraud (Hospices Civils de Lyon)
Lyon, France, 69005