At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Health checks and monitoring — no treatment given
- Type of study
- Observational (no treatment given)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- Nutritional Screening (behavioural)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 17 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- Nutritional Screening — behavioural: To identify which nutritional screening approaches (nutritional questionnaires, biomarkers, sarcopenic obesity or grip strength are most strongly linked to surgical outcomes following cardiac surgery.
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
- Type of study
- Observing health over time
- Ages
- 40 Years to 85 Years
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 250
- Started
- 2025-08-20
- Last checked
- 2026-06
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for cardiovascular diseases
- • Clinical study - 250 participants
- • This is a nutritional screening and assessment study conducted prior to heart surgery
Who can take part?
- • Ages 40 Years to 85 Years
- • Diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases
Where?
- • Hull - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
This is a nutritional screening and assessment study conducted prior to heart surgery. The nutritional status of patients will be assessed by a series of questionnaires, blood/urine biomarkers and measurement of grip strength and body composition. The investigators will then evaluate of any of the assessments are linked with clinical outcomes following surgery. For example, how long do patients stop in the intensive care unit (ICU), in hospital and how many complications patients experience. The investigators hope to use this important clinical data to understand how medical staff can identify a poor nutritional status and which patients may need nutritional support prior to surgery.
More detail
This is a cross sectional nutritional screening and assessment study conducted prior to cardiac surgery . The investigators will focus on comparing aspects of nutritional status with robust and validated clinical outcomes (mechanical ventilation, ICU time, hospital stay and Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) complications). The investigators will utilise various nutritional screening questionnaires and assessments, including routine clinical malnutrition tools (i.e. MUST, NRS), plus more nutritional quality assessments such as the NOVA ultra-processed food intake, mediterranean diet and blood biomarker panels such as the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT). The investigators will also undertake a functional grip strength test and measure body composition including fat mass (FM) \& fat-free mass (FFM), segmental analysis, sarcopenic obesity and visceral fat. The study will also conduct questionnaires regarding other lifestyle related factors (sleep, recent physical activity, stress, anxiety, depression) which might also influence surgical outcomes.
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What we know so far
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 40 Years - 85 Years
- Who can join: All genders
What the study is looking for
- ✓No pre-specified inclusion criteria to ensure we recruit a representative group of patients.
Who cannot take part
- ✗All patients without proficiency in English that allows completion of questionnaires
- ✗Unable to provide written consent
See the full criteria
Where Is This Study? (1 UK site)
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Hull HU16 5JQ, United Kingdom
How to Get in Touch
Mahmoud M Loubani, MD
Sponsor contactCONTACT
James P Hobkirk, PhD
Sponsor contactCONTACT