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NCT03798418
Sarcopenia and Risk of Falls in Patients With Major Chronic Diseases
NA trial testing elastic band strengthening exercise in Stroke in 186 participants. Completed in 30 September 2022.
30 September 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Changhua Christian Hospital |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 186 |
| Start date | 1 February 2019 |
| Primary completion | 30 September 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 30 September 2022 |
| Sites | 1 location across Taiwan |
Drugs / interventions tested
- elastic band strengthening exercise
- diet counseling
Conditions studied
- Stroke — all drugs for Stroke →
- Osteoporosis — all drugs for Osteoporosis →
- Chronic Kidney Diseases — all drugs for Chronic Kidney Diseases →
- Cancer — all drugs for Cancer →
Sponsor
Changhua Christian Hospital
Who can join
Eligibility, any sex, with Stroke or Osteoporosis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of therapeutic exercise and nutrition intervention for sarcopenia and risk of falls in patients with major chronic diseases. The outcomes will be analyzed regarding muscle strength, quality, and volume, etc., balance and gait, bone density, body composition, fall and quality of life after the intervention.
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Validation of Ultrasound Measurement of Vastus Lateralis for Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Hemodialysis.
Liu PT, Wei TS, Ching CT. · · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 39594266 · DOI 10.3390/diagnostics14222600
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03798418 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Changhua Christian Hospital
- Last refreshed: 1 November 2022
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