No-commercial Enteral Diet for Patients in Home Nutritional Therapy: Effects on Anthropometric and Biochemical Indices

December 10, 2014 updated by: Tania Morais, Federal University of São Paulo
The objective is to evaluate the effect of no-commercial enteral diet for patients in home nutritional therapy in anthropometric and biochemical indices comparing to patients using commercial enteral diets.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

66

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • Brazil
    • SP
      • Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
        • Federal University of São Paulo

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

60 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients in home nutritional therapy receiving no-commercial enteral diets

Exclusion Criteria:

  • baseline diseases others than neurological

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dietary therapy Standardized diet
The study was constituted by sixty-six patients, thirty-three in each group. Patients on not industrialized enteral diet (standardized diet group) entered at random in the study and were matched by gender, age, socioeconomic status and medical diagnosis to patients using commercial diet (commercial group). The evaluation consisted of anthropometric measures of weight, height, arm circumference, triceps skin fold and biochemical índices at baseline and at the end of the intervention.
Dietary supplement: Dietary therapy
A enteral diet formulation was developed to meet dietary requirements of adult patients. The formulation was standarized in household measures so that caregivers would prepare it and delivered it at the patients' home. Anthropometric measurements and blood samples were taken at baseline and at the end of the intervention which lasted four months.
No Intervention: Dietary therapy Commercial diet group
The study was constituted by sixty-six patients, thirty-three in each group. Patients on not industrialized enteral diet (standardized diet group) entered at random in the study and were matched by gender, age, socioeconomic status and medical diagnosis to patients using commercial diet (commercial group). The evaluation consisted of anthropometric measures of weight, height, arm circumference, triceps skin fold and biochemical índices at baseline and at the end of the intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Recovery of malnourished patients (weight, height, arm circumference)
Time Frame: Two years
weight, height, arm circumference
Two years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Federal University of São Paulo

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Tania Morais, PhD, Federal of University of Sao Paulo

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 18, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 10, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

December 11, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 11, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 10, 2014

Last Verified

March 1, 2013

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1732/08

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