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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN32588315
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Micronutrients and Immunity in Elderly Patients
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N0034155985
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Study hypothesis
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1. To study the relationship between certain nutrients in the blood, immunity against infection and susceptibility to infections in older people
2. To generate data to enable us to apply for external funding for the main study
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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20 septic and 20 non-septic patients, aged 65 years and over
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Patients in coma, patients diagnosed with malignancy, patients diagnosed with severe medical or psychiatric illness, patients with bleeding disorders, patients taking micronutrient supplements, anticonvulsants or antifolate drugs.
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Anticipated start date
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01/03/2005
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Anticipated end date
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30/09/2007
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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20 septic and 20 non-septic patients
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Interventions
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Micronutrients versus no micronutrients
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Micronutrient status, oxidative stress, degree of inflammation, innate and adaptive immune responses, nutritional status (anthropometric and biochemical measures)
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (UK) NHS R&D programme
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Trial website
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Publications
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Contact name
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Dr
Saleh
Gariballa
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Address
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Department of Medicine
Barnsley District General Hospital
Gawber Road
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City/town
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Barnsley
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Zip/Postcode
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S75 2EP
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Sponsor
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Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 Update - Department of Health (UK)
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Address
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The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SW1A 2NL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7307 2622
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Fax
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+44 (0)20 7307 2623
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Email
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dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
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Date applied
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30/09/2005
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Last edited
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10/06/2009
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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30/09/2005
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