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Effect of Continued Nutritional Support at Hospital Discharge on Mortality, Frailty, Functional Outcomes and Recovery
Led by Philipp Schuetz · Updated on 2024-11-20
1200
Participants Needed
18
Research Sites
277 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study is to compare the sustained post-discharge nutritional support to reach individual energy and protein goals to usual care home nutrition in medical patients at nutritional risk.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effect of Continued Nutritional Support at Hospital Discharge on Mortality, Frailty, Functional Outcomes and Recovery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Signed informed consent
- Adult medical patients aged 18 years or older
- Nutritional risk screening score of 3 or higher based on weight loss, food intake, and disease severity
- Diagnosis of chronic diseases lasting 1 year or more requiring ongoing medical attention or limiting daily activities
You will not qualify if you...
- Recent surgery
- Unable to take oral nutrition
- Need for long-term nutrition support
- Terminal condition
- Acute pancreatitis or acute liver failure
- Discharged to a nursing home
- Unlikely to comply with nutritional support (e.g., dementia)
- COVID-19 hospitalization requiring intensive care
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 18 locations
1
Hospital Universitari Vall Hebron de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Actively Recruiting
2
Hospital Universitario de Getafe
Getafe, Spain
Actively Recruiting
3
Complejo AComplejo Asistencial Universitario de León
León, Spain
Actively Recruiting
4
Hospital U. Gregorio Marañón de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Actively Recruiting
5
Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga
Málaga, Spain
Actively Recruiting
6
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid
Valladolid, Spain
Actively Recruiting
7
Spital Zofingen
Zofingen, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, 4800
Completed
8
Spital Emmental Burgdorf
Burgdorf, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 3400
Completed
9
Spital Thun
Thun, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 3600
Actively Recruiting
10
Spital Lachen
Lachen, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, 8853
Actively Recruiting
11
Kantonsspital Münsterlingen
Münsterlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, 8596
Actively Recruiting
12
Kantonsspital Aarau, University Department of Internal Medicine
Aarau, Switzerland, 5001
Actively Recruiting
13
Bern University Hospital, Department of General Internal Medicine
Bern, Switzerland
Completed
14
Kantonsspital Lucerne, Department of Internal Medicine
Lucerne, Switzerland
Completed
15
Kantonsspital Sankt Gallen
Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, 9007
Completed
16
Klinik Hirslanden Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland, 8032
Completed
17
Stadtspital Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland, 8063
Completed
18
Universitätsspital Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland, 8091
Completed
Research Team
P
Philipp Schuetz, Prof. Dr. med.
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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