Early Detection of Malnutrition in Oncology Patients and Elderly Patients

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Conditions studied: Malnutrition

In brief

The project is a national, prospective, multicenter, non-interventional pilot project of malnutrition screening in the Czech Republic. The main goal of the project is to methodically prepare, implement and evaluate a pilot project that will verify the suitability of the proposed procedure for the early detection of malnutrition in oncology patients and hospitalised patients patients 65 years of age and older, as this has a significant effect on the quality of life and the effectiveness of the services provided oncological treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06499623

Run by

Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic

People needed

2000

Starts

2024-08-29

Expected to finish

2026-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-10-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Cohort Oncological patients:
• 18+
• an oncological diagnosis
• a survival prognosis of at least 3 months
• Cohort Patients older than 65 years:
• 65+
• hospitalization at least 14 days or longer
• Exclusion Criteria (both cohorts):
• not agreeing to participate in the project

Where it is running

• Bulovka Hospital — Prague, Czechia (enrolling)
• Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute — Brno, Czechia (enrolling)
• Military University Hospital, Prague — Prague, Czechia (enrolling)
• University Hospital, Motol — Prague, Czechia (enrolling)
• Hospital AGEL Nový Jičín a.s. — Nový Jičín, Czechia (enrolling)
• University Hospital Pilsen — Pilsen, Czechia
• University Hospital Olomouc — Olomouc, Czechia
• Brno University Hospital — Brno, Czechia
• General University Hospital, Prague — Prague, Czechia

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