TerminatedNCT02262429Updated Oct 7, 2015

Quality Improvement Program (QIP) to Reduce 30-Day Readmission in Malnourished Hospitalized Patients

An observational study in Malnutrition, sponsored by Abbott Nutrition. Terminated at 4 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-10-07.

Sponsored by Abbott Nutrition · Observational

Study type: Observational
Model: Cohort
Time perspective: Prospective
Enrollment: 2,386
Ages: 18 Years and older
Sex: All

Study summary

Newly admitted patients will be screened for risk of malnutrition. Patients will receive either the feeding protocol or current oral nutrition supplement (ONS) practice, pending location. Patients will continue the nutrition plan taking the supplement post discharge. Study team will follow-up with telephone calls to help support post-discharge ONS compliance. Quality and service utilization data will be gathered for analysis.

Conditions studied

Malnutrition

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Malnutrition

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This study's enrollment of 2,386 is above the median of 203 across 388 observational studies indexed under Malnutrition.

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Lead sponsor

Abbott Nutrition is the lead sponsor of 153 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible: 18 Years and older
Sexes eligible: All
Accepts healthy volunteers: No
Sampling method: Non-probability sample

Study population

Newly admitted patients to four hospitals within the Advocate Health Care System that have been identifed to be at risk for malnutrition.

Inclusion criteria

Patient is ≥ 18 years of age.
Patient is screened for malnutrition with an MST score ≥ 2 (see Appendix C).
Patient has length of stay of hospital stay > 2 days.
Patient is able to consume foods and beverages orally.
Patient receives Ensure, Nepro or Glucerna during the course of his or her hospital stay in connection with the QIP.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Patient is pregnant.
Patient is intubated, receiving tube feeding or parenteral nutrition.
Patient unable to provide HIPAA authorization and informed consent.
Patient is discharged to hospice care.
Patient has a condition that would preclude ingestion / absorption of the oral nutritional supplements, including allergic response to any ONS ingredient.
Patient has severe dementia or delirium, brain metastases, eating disorder, history of significant neurological or psychiatric disorder.
Patient has stated an allergy or intolerance to any of the ingredients in the study products.

Study design

Observational model: Cohort
Time perspective: Prospective
Enrollment: 2,386 participants (actual)
Patient registry: No

Groups and cohorts

ONS QIP
Two (2) hospitals will administer the new rapid, comprehensive oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) QIP.
Other: ONS QIP
ONS Standard Feeding
Two (2) hospitals will use their current "standard" ONS feeding protocol.
Other: ONS Standard Feeding

Interventions

OtherONS QIP
Rapid comprehensive ONS, dietary consult, follow up phone calls
OtherONS Standard Feeding
Standard of care

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

Post-discharge readmissions
Non-elective readmission 30 days post discharge.
Time frame: November 2014 - April 2015, 30 days post discharge

Secondary outcomes

Hospital length of stay
Length of stay in the hospital will be calculated by looking at the admission and discharge dates.
Time frame: October 2014 - March 2015, up to 6 months

Study locations

4 sites

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, Illinois 60010, United States
Advocate Condell Medical Center
Libertyville, Illinois 60048, United States
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453, United States
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068, United States

References and documents

Publications

Sriram K, Sulo S, VanDerBosch G, Kozmic S, Sokolowski M, Summerfelt WT, Partridge J, Hegazi R, Nikolich S. Nutrition-Focused Quality Improvement Program Results in Significant Readmission and Length of Stay Reductions for Malnourished Surgical Patients. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2018 Aug;42(6):1093-1098. doi: 10.1002/jpen.1040. Epub 2018 Feb 2. PubMed 29392736 ↗

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026

No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 7, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Registry details

Key details

Study ID: NCT02262429
Lead sponsor: Abbott Nutrition
Collaborators: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Responsible party: Sponsor
First posted: Oct 13, 2014
Start date: Oct 2014
Primary completion: Aug 2015
Completion: Aug 2015
Last update: Oct 7, 2015

Study contacts

Jamie Partridge, PhD, MBA

study director · Abbott Nutrition

Oversight

Data monitoring committee: No

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