This study is looking at how nutritional support might help patients having total hip or knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis. Researchers want to see if giving patients a nutritional drink called Ensure Max Protein Shake before and after surgery can improve their nutritional status. You might be able to join if you are 55 to 95 years old, are scheduled for a total hip or knee replacement, and have certain low levels of proteins in your blood (albumin, pre-albumin, or transferrin), which can indicate malnutrition. The study will measure these protein levels to see if the nutritional drink makes a difference. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 72 participants.

Study design

This is an interventional study planning to enroll 72 participants. The study aims to investigate the effect of oral nutritional supplementation.

What's involved

You would have blood tests to measure your albumin, pre-albumin, and/or transferrin levels at two weeks before surgery, on the day of surgery, and four weeks after surgery.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

Participants will be followed for at least four weeks after surgery, based on the primary endpoint measurements.

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