# Effects of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting on Outcomes of Patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

> **NCT02270502** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Massachusetts General Hospital** · enrollment: 111 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Critical Illness
- Sarcopenia
- Muscle Wasting

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Ultrasound Philips CX50
- **OTHER:** Frailty Index Questionnaire
- **OTHER:** Muscle strength tests

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02270502
- **Lead sponsor:** Massachusetts General Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-05
- **Primary completion:** 2015-12
- **Final completion:** 2015-12
- **Target enrollment:** 111 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-03-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02270502

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02270502, "Effects of Frailty, Sarcopenia and Muscle Wasting on Outcomes of Patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-03 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02270502. Licensed CC0.

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