Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Recruiting
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT05376280 |
Other study ID # |
nutriNTM |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Recruiting |
Phase |
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
April 20, 2022 |
Est. completion date |
June 30, 2024 |
Study information
Verified date |
January 2024 |
Source |
University of Milano Bicocca |
Contact |
Paola Faverio, MD |
Phone |
+390392334579 |
Email |
paola.faverio[@]gmail.com |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Observational
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Clinical Trial Summary
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease (PD) is an emerging condition with
heterogeneous manifestations from both the microbiological and the clinical point of view.
Diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines are available but there are still unmet patients' and
physicians' needs, including the exams to perform in the nutritional evaluation and
intervention to improve health-related QoL and to control gastrointestinal side-effects
during antimicrobial therapy, particularly in those with low body mass index and history of
weight loss.
Description:
The aim of the study is to evaluate the nutritional status in patients with non-tuberculous
mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) and to provide an initial assessment of the
potential impact of the introduction of targeted antibiotic therapy on the nutritional status
itself.
Specifically, the primary objective is the assessment of the proportion of underweight
subjects, i.e. with Body Mass Index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2, to confirm that it is significantly
higher than that of the general Italian population.
Study Design: Multicenter Cohort Pilot Observational Study
Participation in the study consists of two pneumological visits, as per normal clinical
practice, (at the beginning of the study, T1, after 6 months, T3, and at the end of the
antimicobacterial antibiotic therapy, T5) in which the collection of past medical history,
measurement of oxygen saturation, pulmonary functional tests and 6-minute walking tests will
be performed. In addition, nutritional assessments (T2, T4, T6) will be carried out at the
same time as the pulmonary visits. Nutritional assessments will include anthropometric
measurements, questionnaires on nutritional status and physical activity, performing blood
chemistry tests, bioimpedance, dynamometry and gait speed 4 meters, to evaluate body
composition and physical performance.