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Can better eating habits help older adults avoid malnutrition?

NCT ID NCT05860556

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Pavia Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Summary

This study looked at how common malnutrition and muscle loss are in older adults in and out of Italian hospitals. Researchers checked 303 people aged 65 and older to understand links with diet, lifestyle, and health. The goal is to find better ways to prevent and treat malnutrition in this group.

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Study facts

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

Participants

303 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Nov 2023

Finished

Dec 2025

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

Older adults (over 65 years old), free-living or hospitalized, admitted at the hospitals

Ages

65 to 120 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 65 years old * Admission to U.O. of General Medicine and to U.O.S.D. of Endocrinology and Metabolic diseases of ICS Maugeri IRCCS Hospital; to the Division and Specialist Gastroenterology Clinic of the IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy; to the Department of Neurology and Geriatrics of the IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation, Monza, Italy * Informed consent written and signed Exclusion Criteria: * Dysphagia * Terminal disease * History of bariatric surgery * Dementia or cognitive decline (MMSE score \<20/30) * Eating disorder * Patients with tumor diagnosis not in remission and currently not treated with oncological therapy * Advanced liver failure (CHILD ≥ B) * Advanced renal failure (eGFR \< 15 mL/min/1.73m \^2 ) * Advanced chronic or acute respiratory failure (pO2 \< 60 mmHg or PCO2 \> 45 mmHg)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Malnutrition nutritional deficiency disease Sarcopenia

As listed by the trial registrant

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Malnutrition Sarcopenia

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • U.O. of General Medicine and U.O.S.D. of Endocrinology and Metabolic diseases of ICS Maugeri IRCCS Hospital, Pavia

    Pavia, PV, 27100, Italy

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