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Could better hospital food save lives and money?

NCT ID NCT00289380

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Peking Union Medical College Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed
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Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

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Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
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Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study aims to find out how common malnutrition is among hospital patients in China, Europe, and the USA. It will also look at whether providing nutrition support to those at risk improves their health outcomes and is cost-effective. Researchers plan to enroll 2,000 patients and track infections and costs.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
nutrition support
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that providing nutrition support to at-risk hospital patients reduces infections and saves money.
What could go wrong
This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may vary across different hospitals and countries.

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Study facts

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

Participants

About 2,000 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Start date

Jan 2005

Expected to finish

Jan 2040

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

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

Who is studied

Continuing sampling in 6 clinical Departments of large, middle \& small size hospitals in 15 large cities from West, Middle \& East China. Also, data from Denmark and USA will be collected and analysed.

Ages

18 to 80 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * patients be in hospital overnight * diagnoses according to the protocol of cohort study for cost effectiveness Exclusion Criteria: * patients admitting from emergency department * patients who undergone operation before second morning of hospitalization * patients who dose not give Informed Consents

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Malnutrition nutritional deficiency disease Obesity Overweight

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Malnutrition Nutritional risk

How to take part

Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.

  1. The places running it

    9 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

    ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.

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  3. A doctor treating you

    A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 101149, China

  • Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100730, China

  • Chongqing Medical Univ. Hospital

    COMPLETED

    Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China

  • Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command

    RECRUITING

    Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210002, China

  • Nankai Hospital

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Tianjin, Hebei, 300100, China

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100730, China

  • Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China

  • Sixth Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospial, Guangxi Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

    RECRUITING

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China

  • The First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830054, China

  • The First University Hospital, Hebei Medical University

    RECRUITING

    Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050031, China

  • Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    RECRUITING

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China

  • Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University

    RECRUITING

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200029, China

  • Xin Qiao Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, China

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