Does treatment with an intensive and specific nutritional intervention improve pressure ulcer healing compared to standard nutritional care? A pilot study.

Do inpatients with pressure ulcer receiving intensive and specific nutritional care have improved healing compared with standard nutritional care?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611000349943

Enrollment

Registered

2011-04-04

Start date

2010-10-05

Completion date

2011-05-28

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This study intends to investigate if there is any improvement in healing of pressure ulcer in hospitalized patients receiving an intensive and specialized nutrition intervention compared to standard nutritional care. This pilot study is being conducted initially to determine if the nutrition intervention is feasible, how many patients can be enrolled and if the nutrition intervention improves healing. This data will assist in planning future, larger studies.

Interventions

Intensive and specific nutritional care, including prescribed diet to achieve 1.5-2g protein/Kg/day and 30-35 KCal/Kg/day; including recommended consumption of 2-3 tetrapaks of specialized nutritional formulae - enriched with arginine, Vitamin C and Vitamin A. Review by intervention Dietitian 4-5 times per week of 15-30 minutes to monitor intake and adjust diet to maximise nutritional intake. Up to period of 4 weeks, or until discharge or healing of PU.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Inpatients of the Royal Brisbane & Women's hospital diagnosed with recent onset (within 1 month) stage II, III or IV pressure ulcer.

Exclusion criteria

Patients unable to receive nutrition support via enteral route (oral or tube); patients receiving palliative care; patients with cognitive impairment.

Outcome results