Tokyo, Oct. 11 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059361) titled 'Elucidating the Relationship Between Taste Sensitivity and Skeletal Muscle in Older Adults With Sarcopenia' on Oct. 10.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Parallel
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Open -no one is blinded
Control - No treatment
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Tohoku University
Condition:
Condition - Sarcopenia, taste disorderex
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - To elucidate the relationship between taste characteristics and various indicators of sarcopenia in older adults with sarcopenia.
To clarify whether improvement in taste function influences sarcopenia-related indicators in older adults with sarcopenia.
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - Sarcopenia with taste recall traning
Interventions/Control_2 - Sarcopenia with no taste recall training
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 65
years-old
=
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - Adults aged 65 years and older with no history of taste disorder
Key exclusion criteria - 1.Patients with cognitive impairment, defined as an MMSE score of 23 or below (in the case of implementing taste training)
2.Individuals who declined to participate in this study
3.Individuals with allergies to sucrose, sodium chloride, tartaric acid, quinine hydrochloride, hydrochloric acid, or monosodium glutamate
4.Smokers
Target Size - 236
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 10 Month 10 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 11 Month 01 Day
Last follow-up date - 2030 Year 08 Month 31 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000067894
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