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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02664376
Date of registration: 19/01/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Brugmann University Hospital
Public title: Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Geriatric Features
Scientific title: Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Its Geriatric Features
Date of first enrolment: January 1, 2016
Target sample size: 834
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02664376
Study type:  Observational
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Countries of recruitment
Belgium
Contacts
Name:     Marie Claessens, MD
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Affiliation:  CHU Brugmann
Name:     Robin Barré, MD
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Affiliation:  CHU Brugmann
Name:     Florence Benoît, MD
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Affiliation:  CHU Brugmann
Name:     Murielle Surquin, MD
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Affiliation:  CHU Brugmann
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- To be admitted in the unit 83 of the Geriatric Departement of the CHU Brugmann
hospital, from 10/01/2016 till 30/03/2017.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients unable to consent or without representatives

- Patients unable to perform the hand- grip test, the walk test or measurement of the
body components by DEXA

- Patients in severe pain

- Bedridden patients

- Patients for which a clear therapeutic abstention has been established

- Language barriere that cannot be overcome

- Patients unable to walk without the help of a third person



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Sarcopenia
Intervention(s)
Other: Sarcopenia detection
Primary Outcome(s)
Prevalence of sarcopenia [Time Frame: From 10/01/2016 till 30/03/2017 (up to 15 months)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Percentage of hospitalized patients unable to perform the sarcopenia detection test [Time Frame: From 10/01/2016 till 30/03/2017 (up to 15 months)]
Secondary ID(s)
CHUB-sarcopenia
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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