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An OBServational Clinical Trial (SARA-OBS) in Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity in Patients Aged 65 Years and Over

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03021798

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Official title

Characterising SARcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity in Patients Aged 65 Years and Over at Risk of Mobility Disability. An OBServational Clinical Trial (SARA-OBS)

Brief summary

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The SARA-OBS is a single arm phase 2 clinical trial, with no investigational product and no therapeutic intervention that will be conducted in three European countries, (Belgium, France and Italy), and in the US. 300 community dwelling older adults (men or women≥65 years) reporting loss of physical function and at risk of mobility disability, will undergo mobility functional evaluation and Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry DXA scan for body composition determination twice, at six-month interval. Participants aged ≥ 65 years complaining of poor physical function will be selected to perform SPPB (Short Physical Performance Battery)tests. Those with SPPB scores ≤ 8/12 will be selected to perform body composition analysis with DXA Scan. Participants with ALM/BMI \< 0.789 in men and 0.512 in women will be included. The investigational phase will comprise two main visits: the inclusion visit and the 6-month visit. Both the 6-minute walk distance test and the 400-metre walking test will be administered at the main visits. Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) will be completed by the patients at the same visits.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03021798
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Biophytis
Industry
Enrollment
218 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
65 Years to 95 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 7, 2017
Primary completion
Nov 29, 2019
Completion
Jun 29, 2020
Last update posted
Jul 12, 2020

2017 – 2020

United States locations

U.S. sites
3
U.S. states
3
U.S. cities
3
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Institut On Aging Gainesville Florida 32611
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition research Center on Aging Tufts University Boston Massachusetts 02111
Columbia University New York New York New York 10027

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Non-U.S. locations

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