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

Federal University of São Paulo66 enrolled

Overview

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 Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Malnutrition

Interventions

Dietary therapyDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * patients in home nutritional therapy receiving no-commercial enteral diets Exclusion Criteria: * baseline diseases others than neurological

Locations (1)

Federal University of Sao Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Recovery of malnourished patients (weight, height, arm circumference)

weight, height, arm circumference

Time frame: Two years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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