Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 55Years +
All Genders
NCT04210284

Oral Nutritional Optimization in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Led by NYU Langone Health · Updated on 2025-09-11

72

Participants Needed

2

Research Sites

312 weeks

Total Duration

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AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect on hematological markers of nutritional intervention on nutritionally deficient patients following total joint replacement surgery.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Oral Nutritional Optimization in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Who Can Participate

Age: 55Years +
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Patients who are candidates for elective primary total hip or knee replacement surgery
  • Patients aged 55 to 95 years
  • Patients with at least one laboratory indicator of malnutrition: serum albumin 6lt;= 3.5 mg/dl, pre-albumin 6lt; 15 mg/dl, or transferrin 6lt; 200 mg/dl
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • History of septic arthritis
  • Allergy to oral nutritional supplements
  • Unable to consume oral nutritional supplements
  • Protein malabsorption syndromes
  • Eating disorders
  • End stage kidney or liver disease
  • Revision surgery, urgent surgery, hemiarthroplasty, or partial knee replacement

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 2 locations

1

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, United States, 10016

Actively Recruiting

2

Rothman Orthopedic Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107

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Research Team

D

Daniel Waren

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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