Effectiveness of oral nutritional supplementation for older women after a fracture

Effectiveness of oral nutritional supplementation for older women after a fracture on nutritional status and functioning

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12610000436077

Acronym

EONS

Enrollment

Registered

2010-05-28

Start date

2000-02-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The study investigated the effectiveness of a high calorie, high protein nutritional supplement in terms of changes in recovery rate as measured by abilities in activities of daily living (ADL), and nutritional status.

Interventions

One pack of high protein, high calorie oral nutritional supplement (Sustagen Hospital Plus (235mls), or Novasource 2.0 (237mls)) daily for 40 days.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

70 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Moderate or severe protein energy malnutrition

Exclusion criteria

Metastatic cancer, chronic renal failure or hepatic failure

Outcome results