CalciCoach: Personalized Nutrition Advice for Optimizing Dietary Calcium Intake in MS Patients
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The main objective of this study is to measure effectiveness at 6 months of personalized dietary advice versus dietary counseling via delivery of a standard advice sheet for optimizing dietary calcium intake (assessed by a food survey based on CIQUAL* data) in MS patients with ambulatory monitoring.
*CIQUAL Data: Table of nutritional food composition available on the ANSES (National Agency for Sanitary Security of Food, Environment and Labour) website, published by the Observatory of the Nutritional Quality of Foods. This table includes 1,500 sheets of 58 nutritional components. The data is integrated into the software for calculating ingesta (DATAMEAL) at the Nîmes University Hospital.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
The secondary objectives of this study is to compare the two groups in order to:
A- correlate the impact of the recommendations by sheet or consult with disability, cognitive status, fatigue, depression, quality of life of patients with MS.
B- assess the prevalence of diet changes as an alternative therapy for lactose intolerance in the population and to correlate these changes with dietary calcium intake at baseline (assessed by a food survey based on CIQUAL* data).
C- assess calcium intake of the patients included via the self-administered frequency questionnaire QALCIMUM® on day 0 and 6 months and to compare them with data obtained by the food survey based on data from CIQUAL.
D- correlate calcium intake of the patients with vitamin D levels at inclusion and establish a biological collection of blood samples from the population.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Dietary advice sheet Patients in this arm will receive a dietary advice sheet at the beginning of the study. Intervention: Dietary advice sheet |
Procedure: Dietary advice sheet
At the beginning neurological consult, patients will be delivered a dietary advice sheet called "Grio".
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| Experimental: Dietary advice sheet + consults with dietician In addition to receiving a dietary advice sheet at the beginning of the study, patients randomized to this arm will have individual consultations with a dietician at inclusion, month 1 and month 3. Intervention: Dietary advice sheet Intervention: Individual dietary consultations |
Procedure: Individual dietary consultations
Individual dietary consultations with a dietician will be held at inclusion, month 1 and month 3. Consults consist of a personal interview where the dietician delivers comprehensive information to the patient on how to optimize calcium intake and reduce the risk of fractures; the dietician questions the subject on his/her diet and reassesses the quality and quantity of calcium intake during the 3 days preceding the consultation through a survey calculation software based on data from CIQUAL.
Procedure: Dietary advice sheet
At the beginning neurological consult, patients will be delivered a dietary advice sheet called "Grio".
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Calcium intake in mg per day [Day 0]
Evaluation of calcium intake during a consultation with the dietician (CIQUAL data)
- Calcium intake in mg per day [Month 6]
Evaluation of calcium intake during a consultation with the dietician (CIQUAL data)
Secondary Outcome Measures
- QALCIMUM questionnaire (mg/day) [Day 0]
- QALCIMUM questionnaire (mg/day) [Month 6]
- Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) [Day 0]
- Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) [Month 6]
- Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test [Day 0]
- Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test [Month 6]
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [Day 0]
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [Month 6]
- EQ-5D questionnaire [Day 0]
EQ-5D™ is a standardised instrument for use as a measure of health outcome. (general health scale).
- EQ-5D questionnaire [Month 6]
EQ-5D™ is a standardised instrument for use as a measure of health outcome. (general health scale).
- Mini Fatigue Impact Scale [Day 0]
- Mini Fatigue Impact Scale [Month 6]
- Dietary classification [Day 0]
Patient diet classified as: normal; vegetarian, vegetalian; Seignalet; Kousmine; other.
- 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (D2 + D3) levels (nmol/L) [Day 0]
- 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (D2 + D3) plasma levels (nmol/L) [Month 6]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
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The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
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Patient with a confirmed diagnosis of remitting multiple sclerosis
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Ambulatory patient (EDSS score < 6.5) who has never had a dietary consultation concerning the optimization of calcium intake
Exclusion Criteria:
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The patient is participating in another non-observational study
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The patient is in an exclusion period determined by a previous study
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The patient is under judicial protection, under tutorship or curatorship
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The patient refuses to sign the consent
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It is impossible to correctly inform the patient
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The subject is not able to complete a self-administered questionnaire
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to currently active digestive or general diseases
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Moderate or severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance <60ml / min)
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Situations accompanied by increased vulnerability to hypercalcemia, eg arrhythmia or known heart disease, treatment with digitalis, subjects with nephrolithiasis
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | CH d'Alès | Alès | France | 30103 | |
| 2 | CHRU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau | Nîmes Cedex 09 | France | 30029 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Eric Thouvenot, MD, PhD, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- LOCAL/2015/ET-02
- 2015-A01618-41