Nutritional Intervention Program in Malnourished Patients Admitted for Heart Failure

Randomized Cotrolled Trial of Nutritional Intervention Program in Malnourished (Mini Nutritional Assessment < 17) Patients Admitted for Heart Failure

Status

Terminated

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01472237

Acronym

PICNIC

Enrollment

120

Registered

2011-11-16

Start date

2012-03-31

Completion date

2015-04-30

Last updated

2015-09-22

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Conditions

Heart Failure, Malnutrition, Mortality, Nutritional Intervention

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a modification of the diet of malnourished patients admitted for heart failure is beneficial in term of mortality,hospitalizations and quality of life.

Interventions

OTHERNutritional intervention

Modification of diet

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients admitted for heart failure * \> 18 years old * Malnutrition determined by MNA test (\< 17 points)

Exclusion criteria

* If is not possible to perform a nutritional assessment * Planned PCI or CABG to correct heart failure etiology

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mortality and heart failure hospitalizations	12 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Quality of life	12 months

Countries

Spain

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 12, 2026