Role of Nutrition in Patients Over 75 Years of Age With Stroke (INFRA)

October 9, 2017 updated by: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Impact of Nutritional Status and Frailty on the Prognosis of Patients Over 75 Years Old Who Suffered a Stroke

Stroke in elderly subjects has a more severe clinical presentation (in terms of frequency of aphasia, hemiplegia or consciousness disorders), and a worse functional and vital prognosis. Patients older than 75 years also show excess mortality. One of the hypotheses to explain this situation is the high level of frailty in this population. Many tools to measure the concept of frailty have been developed. One important dimension of these tools is the nutritional status. Indeed, protein-energy malnutrition in the elderly, though a frequent situation, is also a complex phenomenon.

The aim of this study is therefore to analyse the impact of protein-energy malnutrition, as a marker of frailty, on the early prognosis (at 28 days) in the aftermath of stroke in subjects older than 75 years hospitalized in Dijon CHU.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

177

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

      • Dijon, France, 21079
        • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

75 years and older (Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with symptomatic stroke defined according to WHO criteria (including cerebral infarction and intracerebral haemorrhage) managed at the stroke ICU, Neurology 1, Neurology 2, Internal Medicine 2 or Geriatrics at Dijon CHU during the period from 1st November 2015 to 30th September 2016.
  • Patients aged 75 years and older.
  • Patients who have provided informed consent to take part in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with meningeal haemorrhage or TIA.
  • Patients who refuse to take part in the study.
  • Patients with hypo-albuminemia not related to malnutrition: chronic infectious or inflammatory syndrome, nephrotic syndrome, exudative enteropathy, hydration disorders.
  • Subjects in custody.
  • Patients (or person of trust) who cannot be contacted by telephone during the follow-up.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: patient

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Mortality rate
Time Frame: Day 28
Day 28

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 2, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 3, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

August 4, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 10, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 9, 2017

Last Verified

July 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

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