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It is a great pleasure to announce that the SPRINTT clinical trial has enrolled the first 500 participants !!

Tuesday, 29 November, 2016

It is a great pleasure to announce that the SPRINTT clinical trial has enrolled the first 500 participants !!

Since the target is to enroll many other community-dwelling older people across nine European countries, it is still possible to be evaluated for participation!!

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THE SPRINT-T TRIAL IS RECRUITING!!!!!!

Friday, 19 February, 2016

What are the main aims of the SPRINTT trial?

The SPRINTT project is the largest European clinical study aimed at investigating whether physical disability may be prevented in older subjects with physical frailty and sarcopenia.

Two interventions will be compared in the SPRINTT trial:

1) A multicomponent intervention, based on physical activity and nutrition counselling, with support of specific technological devices;

Press release

Thursday, 31 July, 2014

New IMI Project to Avoid Disabilities in Elderly People

  • Joint research group of academia and pharmaceutical industry targets physical frailty and sarcopenia (PF&S), a major unmet medical need in ageing societies