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Methods for Nutrition, Inflammation, Kidney Function, Aging, Body Composition, and Hydration Among Older Patients
Led by Ove Andersen · Updated on 2026-03-30
500
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
495 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
O
Ove Andersen
Lead Sponsor
H
Hvidovre University Hospital
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this observational study, is to improve the diagnostic assessment method of malnutrition and kidney diseases, amongst hospitalized and low priority patients, by evaluating modern methodology and biomarkers, with regards to an estimate of the nutritional status and kidney diseases, against current gold standards, and also investigate how body composition, hydration, inflammation and age affect the assessments.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Methods for Nutrition, Inflammation, Kidney Function, Aging, Body Composition, and Hydration Among Older Patients
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- 65 years or older (group 1, 4 and 5)
- 90 years or older (group 3)
- Acute admission (group 1, 2)
- Cognitively able to cooperate (group 1)
- Able to read and speak Danish (all groups)
- BMI 35 kg/m2 or higher (group 4)
- Prednisolone treatment for COPD with 37.5 mg daily or more (group 5)
- Amputation(s) of crus or femur (non-traumatic) (group 6)
You will not qualify if you...
- Isolation (all groups)
- Terminal treatment (all groups)
- Suicidal (all groups)
- Active immune suppressing treatment (groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- Edemas (groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- In active treatment for cancer (groups 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Hvidovre Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
O
Ove OA Andersen, Professor
CONTACT
R
Rikke Lundsgaard Nielsen, Phd
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
6
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