The SAM Project: Science Against Malnutrition Project
Federico II University
2,000 participants
Jul 24, 2023
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that malnutrition in all its forms affects over 2.5 billion people globally. This condition is constantly increasing and affects the entire population, from childhood to the elderly. Malnutrition in all its forms negatively impacts the quality of life of patients affected and increases the risk of morbidity and mortality, as well as healthcare costs. Considering the complexity and multifactorial nature of malnutrition, the integration of multi-omics data obtained from analyzes with high-throughput technologies such as epigenomics, metagenomics, metabolomics, could benefit the prediction and evaluation of prognosis and/or response to specific treatments; this could pave the way for personalized precision medicine interventions for patients suffering from malnutrition. The SAM study aims to characterize malnutrition through the identification of specific biomarkers of the condition with the aim of developing innovative prevention and treatment programs.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Caucasian ethnicity;
- both sexes;
- age between 0 and 85 years;
- affected by malnutrition due to deficiency or excess in association with other patology and sex- and age-matched healthy controls not affected by malnutrition due to deficiency or excess and any pathology
- Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria2
- Non-Caucasian ethnicity;
- Age > 85 years.
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Interventions
Collection of clinical, anamnestic and lifestyle data; collection of faecal, blood and saliva samples
Locations(1)
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NCT06152848