RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT04926597

Effect of Continued Nutritional Support at Hospital Discharge on Mortality, Frailty, Functional Outcomes and Recovery

Effect of Continued Nutritional Support at Hospital Discharge on Mortality, Frailty, Functional Outcomes and Recovery Trial: The EFFORT II Project

Sponsor

Philipp Schuetz

Enrollment

1,200 participants

Start Date

Aug 5, 2021

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Malnutrition

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

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This clinical trial is studying general nutritional information, individualized nutritional guidelines, and others for people with malnutrition. The study is currently recruiting participants at 18 locations. People eligible for this study include aged 18 Years and older.

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Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTnutritional supplement

daily use of one or more specific oral nutritional supplement with high energy/protein content (i.e., Resource Ultra, Resource 2.0 (Fibre), Resource Ultra Fruit).

OTHERindividualized nutritional guidelines

nutritional plan supervised by an experienced study dietician based on the usual home nutrition with possibility to increase intake by adaptation to patient preferences, between meal snaking and food enrichment/fortification. Every 2-4 weeks phone call by unblinded study dietician to follow nutritional intervention.

OTHERgeneral nutritional information

general information about health food behavior upon hospital discharge

Locations(18)

Hospital Universitari Vall Hebron de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital Universitario de Getafe

Getafe, Spain

Complejo AComplejo Asistencial Universitario de León

León, Spain

Hospital U. Gregorio Marañón de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga

Málaga, Spain

Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid

Valladolid, Spain

Spital Zofingen

Zofingen, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Spital Emmental Burgdorf

Burgdorf, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Spital Thun

Thun, Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Spital Lachen

Lachen, Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland

Kantonsspital Münsterlingen

Münsterlingen, Thurgau, Switzerland

Kantonsspital Aarau, University Department of Internal Medicine

Aarau, Switzerland

Bern University Hospital, Department of General Internal Medicine

Bern, Switzerland

Kantonsspital Lucerne, Department of Internal Medicine

Lucerne, Switzerland

Kantonsspital Sankt Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

Klinik Hirslanden Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland

Stadtspital Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland

Universitätsspital Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland

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