Quality Improvement Program (QIP) to Reduce 30-Day Readmission in Malnourished Hospitalized Patients
Stopped early
Conditions studied: Malnutrition
In brief
Newly admitted patients will be screened for risk of malnutrition. Patients will receive either the feeding protocol or current oral nutrition supplement (ONS) practice, pending location. Patients will continue the nutrition plan taking the supplement post discharge. Study team will follow-up with telephone calls to help support post-discharge ONS compliance. Quality and service utilization data will be gathered for analysis.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02262429
- Run by
- Abbott Nutrition
- People needed
- 2386
- Starts
- 2014-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-10-07
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient is ≥ 18 years of age.
- Patient is screened for malnutrition with an MST score ≥ 2 (see Appendix C).
- Patient has length of stay of hospital stay > 2 days.
- Patient is able to consume foods and beverages orally.
- Patient receives Ensure, Nepro or Glucerna during the course of his or her hospital stay in connection with the QIP.
You may not qualify if…
- Patient is pregnant.
- Patient is intubated, receiving tube feeding or parenteral nutrition.
- Patient unable to provide HIPAA authorization and informed consent.
- Patient is discharged to hospice care.
- Patient has a condition that would preclude ingestion / absorption of the oral nutritional supplements, including allergic response to any ONS ingredient.
- Patient has severe dementia or delirium, brain metastases, eating disorder, history of significant neurological or psychiatric disorder.
- Patient has stated an allergy or intolerance to any of the ingredients in the study products.
Where it is running
- Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital — Barrington, Illinois, United States
- Advocate Condell Medical Center — Libertyville, Illinois, United States
- Advocate Christ Medical Center — Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospital — Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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