Nutritional Support for Rehabilitation In Parkinsonism

NCT ID: NCT03124277

Last Updated: 2025-05-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-04-26

Study Completion Date

2018-01-17

Brief Summary

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This randomized, trial will tested the hypothesis that nutritional supplementation with whey protein, essential amino acids - mainly leucine - vitamin D and calcium would increase the efficacy of physical rehabilitation in old adults suffering from Parkinson's disease o parkinsonism

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Disability Physical

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Fortifit®

Best local diet + two servings (40 grams each) of powder (Fortifit®; Nutricia) which has to be dissolved in 125 ml of water. Per serving, 20 g whey protein, 3 g total leucine, 9 g carbohydrates, 3 g fat, 800 IU vitamin D, and a mixture of vitamins, minerals, and fibers.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fortifit®

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Best local diet + two servings (40 grams each) of powder (Fortifit®; Nutricia) which has to be dissolved in 125 ml of water. Per serving, 20 g whey protein, 3 g total leucine, 9 g carbohydrates, 3 g fat, 800 IU vitamin D, and a mixture of vitamins, minerals, and fibers.

Control group

Best local diet

Group Type OTHER

Control Group

Intervention Type OTHER

Best local diet

Interventions

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Fortifit®

Best local diet + two servings (40 grams each) of powder (Fortifit®; Nutricia) which has to be dissolved in 125 ml of water. Per serving, 20 g whey protein, 3 g total leucine, 9 g carbohydrates, 3 g fat, 800 IU vitamin D, and a mixture of vitamins, minerals, and fibers.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Control Group

Best local diet

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parkinson's disease o parkinsonism
* admission for physical rehabilitation
* Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Any malignant disease during the last five years
* Known kidney failure (previous glomerular filtration rate \<30 ml/min);
* Known liver failure (Child B or C)
* Psychiatric disease
* Endocrine disorders associated with disorders of calcium metabolism (excluding osteoporosis)
* Indications related to the study product:

More than 10 μg (400 IU) of daily Vitamin D intake from medical sources More than 500 mg of daily calcium intake from medical sources. Adherence to a high energy or high protein diet up or use of protein containing or amino acid containing nutritional supplements up to three months before starting the study.

* Known allergy to milk, milk products or other components of the proposed interventions
* Indication to or ongoing artificial nutrition support
* Inclusion in other nutrition intervention trials
* Investigator's uncertainty about the willingness or ability of the subject to comply with the protocol requirements
* Refusal
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

U.S. Riabilitazione Parkinson, Fondazione Gaetano e Piera Borghi di Brebbia

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Emanuele Cereda

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emanuele Cereda

Co-Project Investigator

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Michela Barichella, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Centro Parkinson, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO di Milano

Locations

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Centro Parkinson, ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO

Milan, , Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Italy

References

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Barichella M, Cereda E, Pinelli G, Iorio L, Caroli D, Masiero I, Ferri V, Cassani E, Bolliri C, Caronni S, Maggio M, Ortelli P, Ferrazzoli D, Maras A, Riboldazzi G, Frazzitta G, Pezzoli G. Muscle-targeted nutritional support for rehabilitation in patients with parkinsonian syndrome. Neurology. 2019 Jul 30;93(5):e485-e496. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007858. Epub 2019 Jul 5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31278117 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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184_2017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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