JPEN Journal Club 80. Prespecified outcomes.

In 2019, a group of Swiss investigators reported the results of a large randomized clinical trial (RCT) that compared "individualized nutritional support" (INS) to usual care in patients who had been admitted to one of eight centers 1 . Eligible patients had to be adults who were at nutritional risk, defined by a Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) 2 score >3. This RCT was called "Effect of early nutritional support on Frailty, Functional Outcomes, and Recovery of malnourished medical inpatients Trial", or EFFORT for short. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.