None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aims to determine whether a proprietary nutritional supplement is more effective than a standard supplement in meeting the nutritional needs of elderly hospitalised patients. The hypothesis states that greater improvements in compliance, and subsequently nutrition status, will be seen in those participants who are given the proprietary supplement.
Interventions
This study aims to assess the intake of nutritional beverages in hospitalised adults undergoing lower GI surgery.
WHAT:
Participants identified undergoing lower GI surgery will be invited to participate in the stufy. They will be offere the intervention beverage or follow standard treatment. The intervention beverage has a proprietary formulation which has been formulated to increase palatability and gastric comfort.
WHO PROVIDED:
The intervention will be conducted by research dieticians/rese
This study aims to assess the intake of nutritional beverages in hospitalised adults undergoing lower GI surgery. WHAT: Participants identified undergoing lower GI surgery will be invited to participate in the stufy. They will be offere the intervention beverage or follow standard treatment. The intervention beverage has a proprietary formulation which has been formulated to increase palatability and gastric comfort. WHO PROVIDED: The intervention will be conducted by research dieticians/research nurses/research assistants and will be overseen by a University researcher. HOW & WHERE: The intervention will take place in a hospital, and patients will be recruited form the lower GI surgical wards. The research dietician will collect the data whilst the participants are in hospital. WHEN & HOW MUCH: Participants will be given two serves per day. The beverages will be supplied to the participants for up to 30 days, or until they request to stop taking them, or until they are no longer at risk of malnutrition. The amount of beverage consumed per occasion will be determined, and documented, by the research dietician/research nurse.
Sponsors
Fonterra Research and Development Centre
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Hospitalised Undergoing lower GI surgery Able to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Cannot provide informed consent Renal status would contraindicate the consumption of the supplement Have a planned discharge within 48 hours of starting the supplementation Have a terminal illness requiring palliative care Have a dairy of soy allergy Require Halal or Kosher diets Require nasogastric or parental feeding Are taking dietary supplements which could influence the outcome of the study Have a clinical condition that, in the investigator’s judgement, could interfere with the intestinal barrier function
Outcome results
None listed