NCT05035121

Effect of Nutrition Supplementation Combined With Resistance Exercise in Elderly With Sarcopenia.

Completed NA Last updated 5 September 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing milk supplement in Sarcopenia in 35 participants. Completed in 23 March 2018.

Timeline

24 March 2017

Primary endpoint
23 January 2018

23 March 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Taipei Medical University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	35
Start date	24 March 2017
Primary completion	23 January 2018
Estimated completion	23 March 2018
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

• milk supplement
• soy milk supplement
• resistance exercise

Conditions studied

• Sarcopenia — all drugs for Sarcopenia →

Sponsor

Taipei Medical University

Who can join

Adults 65 to 99, any sex, with Sarcopenia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The purpose of this study was determine whether milk or soy milk supplements combined with resistance exercise improved sarcopenia in the elderly. This study was randomized controlled trail that recruited elderly people ≧65 years old with sarcopenia in the nursing home of Taipei Veterans General Hospital Su-Ao and Yuanshan Branch from June 2017 to December, 2017. The participants were divided into three groups, such as control, milk supplement and soy milk supplement. The milk and soy milk groups provided 200 mL milk or soy milk two times per day. Moreover, all participants joined the resistance exercise training program, three times per week (30 min/time). After 12 weeks, the anthropometry, sarcopenia index, blood biochemical index, nutrition status index, inflammation index, insulin resistance index, and dietary intake were measured.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Effects of Milk or Soy Milk Combined with Mild Resistance Exercise on the Muscle Mass and Muscle Strength in Very Old Nursing Home Residents with Sarcopenia.
   Chiang FY, Chen JR, Lee WJ, Yang SC. · · 2021 · cited 11× · PMID 34828861 · DOI 10.3390/foods10112581