A Trial of an Oral Nutritional Supplement in Older Hospitalized Patients - NOURISH Study

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Hospitalized Elderly

In brief

Evaluate effects of an oral nutritional supplement on healthcare outcomes in older hospitalized adults. Also referred to as the NOURISH Study - Nutrition effect On Unplanned Readmissions and Survival in Hospitalized patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01626742

Run by

Abbott Nutrition

People needed

652

Starts

2012-05-01

Expected to finish

2014-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-28

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male or female ≥ 65 years of age.
• Admitted to hospital with diagnosis of heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Subjective Global Assessment rating of B or C.
• Length of hospital stay anticipated to be > 3 days and < 12 days
• Able to consume foods and beverages orally.
• Functionally ambulatory during the 30 days prior to admission.

You may not qualify if…

• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Diagnosis of diabetes
• Current active cancer or recently treated cancer
• Impaired renal function
• Liver failure, acute Hepatitis, or hepatic encephalopathy
• Active tuberculosis.
• HIV
• Disorder of gastrointestinal tract
• Autoimmune disorder
• Intubation, and/or tube or parenteral feeding.
• Severe dementia or delirium, brain metastases, eating disorder, history of significant neurological or psychiatric disorder, alcoholism, substance abuse or other conditions that may interfere with study product consumption or compliance with study protocol procedures
• Allergy or intolerance to any of the ingredients in the study products.
• Body mass index of ≥ 40 kg/m2.
• Resident in a nursing home or other residential facility.
• Planned surgery during course of the study.

Where it is running

• Birmingham Heart Clinic — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Heart Center Research, LLC — Huntsville, Alabama, United States
• HealthScan Research — Montgomery, Alabama, United States
• Scottsdale Healthcare — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
• Baptist Health Center for Clinical Research — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• UCSF Fresno — Fresno, California, United States
• St. Jude Medical Center — Fullerton, California, United States
• Glendale Adventist Medical Center — Glendale, California, United States
• eStudySite, La Mesa — La Mesa, California, United States
• South Orange County Surgical Medical Group — Laguna Hills, California, United States
• Novo Research dba FCPP Research — Modesto, California, United States
• eStudySite, Oceanside — Oceanside, California, United States
• Pulmonary Consultant & Primary Physicians Medical Group — Orange, California, United States
• Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institution — Torrance, California, United States
• Aurora Denver Cardiology Associates, PC — Aurora, Colorado, United States
• Medical Center of the Rockies — Loveland, Colorado, United States
• UConn Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States
• ZASA Clinical Research — Atlantis, Florida, United States
• Visions Clinical Research, LLC — Boynton Beach, Florida, United States
• Pulmonary and Sleep of Tampa Bay — Brandon, Florida, United States
• Morton Plant Mease HealthCare — Clearwater, Florida, United States
• Seidman Clinical Trials — Delray Beach, Florida, United States
• Broward Health - Broward General Medical Center — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
• University of Florida — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• Auburn University — Auburn, Alabama, United States

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