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University of Adelaide Organon |
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Information provided by: | University of Adelaide |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00117000 |
The purpose of this study is to determine what effect treatment for one year with testosterone and a nutritional supplement, alone and combined, has on the adverse effects of under-nutrition in community-dwelling older men and women.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Malnutrition Aging |
Drug: testosterone undecanoate |
Phase III |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Factorial Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | The Effects of Testosterone and Nutritional Supplementation, Alone and Combined, on the Adverse Effects of Under-Nutrition in the Elderly |
Estimated Enrollment: | 200 |
Study Start Date: | July 2003 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | February 2007 |
We hypothesize that oral androgen therapy and nutritional supplementation will have additive beneficial effects in older malnourished individuals living in the community; there will be a reduction in hospitalizations, falls and weight loss in association with improvements in functional measures and increases in lean body mass. The present study is designed to examine the effect of 12 months oral nutrition supplementation and androgen therapy, alone and combined, on (i) frequency and length of hospitalisations; (ii) functional status; (iii) body composition and weight; (iv) living arrangements; (v) death rate, in community dwelling under-nourished men and women, 65 years and older.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Australia, South Australia | |
Royal Adelaide Hospital | |
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5000 |
Principal Investigator: | Ian M Chapman, MBBS, PhD | University of Adelaide |
Study ID Numbers: | 030320 |
Study First Received: | June 30, 2005 |
Last Updated: | September 7, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00117000 |
Health Authority: | Australia: Department of Health and Ageing Therapeutic Goods Administration |
testosterone food, formulated malnutrition undernutrition |
aging aged aged, 80 and over frail elderly |
Testosterone Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Methyltestosterone Testosterone 17 beta-cypionate |
Anabolic Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal Antineoplastic Agents Therapeutic Uses Physiological Effects of Drugs |
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists Hormones Pharmacologic Actions Androgens |