Six-month outcomes after individualized nutritional support during the hospital stay in medical patients at nutritional risk: Secondary analysis of a prospective randomized trial.

Kaegi-Braun, Nina; Tribolet, Pascal; Gomes, Filomena; Fehr, Rebecca; Baechli, Valerie; Geiser, Martina; Deiss, Manuela; Kutz, Alexander; Bregenzer, Thomas; Hoess, Claus; Pavlicek, Vojtech; Schmid, Sarah; Bilz, Stefan; Sigrist, Sarah; Brändle, Michael; Benz, Carmen; Henzen, Christoph; Mattmann, Silvia; Thomann, Robert; Rutishauser, Jonas; ... (2021). Six-month outcomes after individualized nutritional support during the hospital stay in medical patients at nutritional risk: Secondary analysis of a prospective randomized trial. Clinical nutrition, 40(3), pp. 812-819. Elsevier 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.08.019

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BACKGROUND

Among medical inpatients at risk of malnutrition, the use of individualized nutritional support during the hospital stay was found to reduce complications and improve mortality at short-term. We evaluated clinical outcomes at 6-months follow-up.

METHODS

We randomly assigned 2028 patients to receive protocol-guided individualized nutritional support to reach protein and energy goals (intervention group) or hospital food as usual (control group) during the hospital stay. The intervention was discontinued at hospital discharge and further nutritional support was based on the discretion of the treating team. We had complete follow-up information of 1995 patients (98%), which were included in the final analysis. The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality at 6-months. Prespecified secondary end points included non-elective hospital readmissions, functional outcome and quality of life.

RESULTS

At 6-month, 231 of 994 (23.2%) intervention group patients had died compared to 246 of 999 (24.6%) control group patients, resulting in a hazard ratio for death of 0.90 (95%CI 0.76 to 1.08, p = 0.277). Compared to control patients, intervention group patients had similar rates of hospital readmission (27.3% vs. 27.6%, HR 1.00 (95%CI 0.84 to 1.18), p = 0.974), falls (11.2% vs. 10.9%, HR 0.96 (95%CI 0.72 to 1.27), p = 0.773) and similar quality of life and activities of daily living scores.

INTERPRETATION

While individualized nutritional support during the hospital stay significantly reduced short-term mortality, there was no legacy effect on longer term outcomes. Future trials should investigate whether continuation of nutritional support after hospital discharge reduces the high malnutrition-associated mortality rates in this vulnerable patient population.

TRIAL REGISTRATION

ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02517476.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine > Centre of Competence for General Internal Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Medical Education > Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (BIHAM)

UniBE Contributor:

Aujesky, Drahomir, Rodondi, Nicolas, Donzé, Jacques, Stanga, Zeno

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services

ISSN:

0261-5614

Publisher:

Elsevier

Funders:

[4] Swiss National Science Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Flükiger-Flückiger

Date Deposited:

24 Sep 2020 14:33

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:33

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.clnu.2020.08.019

PubMed ID:

32919819

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Clinical outcomes Malnutrition Nutritional support

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.146646

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/146646

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