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Ultrasound may offer quick, Non-Invasive way to spot hidden malnutrition

NCT ID NCT05831592

Diagnosis Sponsor: Hopital Forcilles Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether muscle ultrasound can accurately detect undernutrition in 118 hospitalized patients aged 18-70. Researchers measured muscle thickness and quality using ultrasound and compared it to standard methods like bioelectrical impedance. If proven reliable, ultrasound could become a simple bedside tool to diagnose undernutrition early.

What this could mean

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What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a simple, non-invasive way to diagnose undernutrition using ultrasound, helping doctors identify at-risk patients earlier.
What could go wrong
This is a small, completed diagnostic study, not a treatment trial. The results may not apply to all patient groups or settings, and ultrasound cut-off values are not yet standardized.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

118 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Feb 2023

Finished

Mar 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 70 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Admitted in short stay and follow-up care and rehabilitation of diabetology-obesity, pneumology, oncology and gastro-nutrition; * Age between 18 and 70 years at inclusion; * Affiliation with a social security system or beneficiary of such a system ; * Oral, free, informed and express consent of the patient or his/her family member. Exclusion Criteria: * Impossible to perform the ultrasound; * Impossibility of performing bioelectrical impedancemetry ; * Incapacity to consent; * Patient refusal to participate in the study; * Pregnancy (a pregnancy test should be performed if in doubt); * Breastfeeding woman; * Person subject to a safeguard of justice measure ; * Patient under guardianship or curatorship; * Patient in care limitation; * Sampling in the ineligible study group.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

disease Malnutrition nutritional deficiency disease

As listed by the trial registrant

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Undernutrition

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Hôpital Forcilles

    Férolles-Attilly, Île-de-France Region, 77150, France

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