Nutritional Therapy Interventions in Heart Failure

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Heart Failure NYHA Class II

In brief

The investigators will examine the effects of 12-weeks of nutritional interventions in older participants who have a symptom of mild to moderate heart failure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03424265

Run by

University of Arkansas

People needed

63

Starts

2018-02-15

Expected to finish

2019-06-27

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-12

Who can join

Age: 60 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• BMI between 18 and 40 kg/m2
• Any ethnicity
• Presence of mild-to-moderate heart failure (NYHA II or III symptomatology) as evidenced by prescribed diuretics or reported shortness of breath upon exertion

You may not qualify if…

• Allergic to milk or soy products
• Hemoglobin <10 g/dL
• Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) < 30
• Inability to perform strength and/or functional assessments
• Myocardial infarction in the past 6 months
• Unstable angina
• Moderate-severe heart valve disease
• Atrial fibrillation or other significant (as determined by PI) arrhythmias
• Infiltrative, restrictive or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Dementia -determined by a SLUMS score of <20
• Currently having inflammatory bowel disease
• Received chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the past 12 months
• Currently undergoing tube feeding
• Currently receiving palliative care for end-of-life circumstance
• Unwilling to refrain from using non-study protein/amino acid supplements during their participation in this study
• If deemed medically unstable by the study physician for any other reason.

Where it is running

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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