NCT05869487 Calf Circumference Versus X-ray Absorptiometry in the Diagnosis of Sarcopenia in Elderly Hospitalized Patients
| NCT ID | NCT05869487 |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | — |
| Sponsor | Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans |
| Condition | Sarcopenia |
| Study Type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Enrollment | 298 participants |
| Start Date | 2023-12-11 |
| Primary Completion | 2027-04-11 |
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Brief Summary
This is a prospective single-center study to evaluate a diagnostic method. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the performance of calf circumference as a diagnostic method for sarcopenia in hospitalized elderly people, compared to a gold standard method which is X-ray absorptiometry. The study population are hospitalizing participants aged 75 years and older with an indication to search for sarcopenia.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Age greater than or equal to 75 years * Hospitalization in a medical department or in the follow-up care or rehabilitation department of the Hospital Center of Orléans * Presence of an etiological criterion of undernutrition * Presence of a decrease in muscle strength Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of one of two phenotypic criteria for undernutrition other than sarcopenia, which are body mass index less than 22 kilogram per square meter and weight loss (≥ 5 percent over 1 month or ≥ 10 percent over 6 months or ≥10 percent compared with usual weight before the disease). * Refusal to participate in the study * Patient under legal protection * Impossible to perform X-ray absorptiometry (behavioral problems, functional constraints to climb on the DXA machine) * Person not affiliated to a social security system