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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01179321




Registration number
NCT01179321
Ethics application status
Date submitted
10/08/2010
Date registered
11/08/2010
Date last updated
11/08/2010

Titles & IDs
Public title
Malnutrition Screening in Acute Aged Care
Scientific title
Malnutrition Screening and Intervention in Hospitalised Older Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
malscreen05/185
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Malnutrition 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Diet and Nutrition 0 0 0 0
Other diet and nutrition disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
No intervention: Control -

Experimental: Early nutrition intervention -

Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Length of stay
Timepoint [1] 0 0

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* admitted under a geriatrician into one of 2 acute geriatric medicine wards of the hospital
Minimum age
No limit
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* expected length of stay less than 72 hours
* palliative (not for active treatment)
* unable to be nutritionally assessed (non english speaking, severe dementia/confusion and non cooperative/refused)
* already seen by dietitian during current admission
* enrolled in the study during previous admission

Study design
Purpose of the study
Allocation to intervention
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/04/2006
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Prince of Wales Hospital - Randwick
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2031 - Randwick

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Government body
Name
Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Margaret M Holyday, B.Sc
Address 0 0
Prince of Wales Hospital
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01179321