Under-nutritional condition
Conditions
Interventions
Taking orally one pack of nutritional supplement per day for 12 weeks
Sponsors
IMS Group Medical Corporation Meirikai Tsurukawa Sanatorium Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients who are 65 years of age or older (2) Patients who are hospitalized at Tsurukawa Sanatorium Hospital (3) Patients who are able to eat and drink orally (4) Patients who obtain their daily required energy from hospital meals must meet either condition 1 or condition 2 below Condition 1: Patients whose stable intake are more than 70% but less than 80% of their hospital meal Condition 2: Patients whose stable intake are more than 80% of their hospital meal and their BMI are less than 21.5 (5) Patients who have blood tests conducted once every three months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients receiving tube feeding or intravenous nutrition (2) Patients with severe edema, ascites, or pleural effusion (3) Patients who have allergic symptoms due to intake of milk or soy-derived ingredients (4) Persons who are participating in other clinical trials or who plan to participate in other clinical trials during the study period (5) Patients who are judged to be unsuitable as subjects by the investigator or subinvestigator based on the subject background, symptoms, clinical laboratory values, etc.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Anthropometry(weight, body composition), blood tests (Alb, glucose metabolism, etc.), hospital meal eating rate, appetite survey (questionnaire form) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactAyako Ito
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. Health Care & Nutritional Science Institute, R&D Division
Outcome results
None listed