Tokyo, Oct. 20 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000063339) titled 'Investigation of the effect of an ETS (electrical taste stimulation) mask on improving salt sensitivity in elderly hospitalized patients' on Oct. 19.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Cross-over
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Open -no one is blinded
Control - Placebo
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Kaikoukai Josai Hospital
Condition:
Condition - Elderly hospitalized patients
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - The purpose of this study is to clarify the effect of applying ETS to elderly hospitalized patients on their minimum threshold for saltiness, and to examine the safety of this application.
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - Electrical taste stimulation
Interventions/Control_2 - Control
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 65
years-old
<=
Age-upper limit - Not applicable
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - Inpatients aged 65 or older,patients with sufficient cognitive function to understand the explanation of the study,patients who have provided consent for the study
Key exclusion criteria - Patients unable to take food or drink orally, patients for whom taste assessment is difficult due to their medical condition, patients for whom the ETS device is contraindicated (e.g., those with pacemakers, metal bolts, or artificial joints),patients from whom consent for the study could not be obtained.
Target Size - 20
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Completed
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 03 Month 24 Day
Date of IRB - 2025 Year 04 Month 11 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 11 Month 01 Day
Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 04 Month 30 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000072497
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