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ICULIP, Influence of Two Lipid Emulsions in the Nosocomial Infection in Critical Patients

Lead Sponsor:

B. Braun Medical SA

Conditions:

Critical Illness

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study aims to analyse the effect of two total parenteral nutrition diets with lipid emulsions of different compositions on the incidence of nosocomial infection in critical patients. One diet wil...

Detailed Description

During the last years the most widely used lipid emulsion for parenteral nutrition has been based on soybean oil. This first generation of lipid emulsions used in TPN contained w-6 series polyunsatura...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Patients of both sexes, prospective admission to Intensive Care Units (ICUs), over 18 years, where TPN is required as a nutritional metabolic support for a minimum period of 5 days and where said patients have signed the informed consent form.
  • The indications for administration of parenteral nutrition shall be those recommended by the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), and in particular:
  • Severe malnutrition
  • Major intra-abdominal surgery
  • Peritonitis
  • Intestinal ischaemia
  • Intestinal occlusion
  • Gastrointestinal fistulas
  • Small intestine
  • Patients of both sexes, over 18 years, that commencing nutritional support with enteral diets in the first 3 days of admission to ICU require parenteral nutrition as:
  • 75% of the calculated energy requirements have not been reached after three days receiving enteral nutrition.
  • Gastrointestinal complications have been suffered as a result of enteral nutrition that cannot be treated or are persistent in the first 3 days of admission.
  • In this case EN will be suspended and the patient will be included in the protocol receiving PN.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • APACHE II \< 13
  • Morbid obesity (BMI ≥ 39)
  • Hepatic disease defined within the following set of parameters:
  • Portal hypertension with gastrointestinal bleeding on admission
  • Clinically apparent hepatocellular ascites
  • Hepatocellular bilirubin higher than 3 mg/dL
  • Serum albumin less than 30 g/L with portal hypertension
  • Grade II or higher encephalopathy
  • Clinical diagnosis of alcoholic hepatitis
  • Chronic renal insufficiency defined by one of the following criteria:
  • Plasmatic creatinine greater than 4 mg/dL
  • Chronic peritoneal dialysis or haemodialysis
  • Patients with severe acquired or familial hyperlipidaemias (\> 400 mg/day) of any kind
  • Serious chronic neurological disease defined by one of the following criteria:
  • Cerebrovascular accident with persistent neurological deficit in the past six months
  • Neurological deficit that necessitates chronic confinement
  • Neoplastic patients with metastasis and a life expectancy of less than six months
  • Patients that underwent chemotherapy or radiotherapy during the month prior to the study
  • Patients that received chronic treatment with corticoids in the month preceding admission to ICU. Patients receiving treatment with corticoids since admission to ICU for septic shock should not be excluded.
  • Continuous infusion treatment for more than 24 hours with propofol or with other pharmaceuticals where lipid emulsions are used as the vehicle
  • Infectious diseases transmitted through the blood, products derived from blood or urine: hepatitis B, C and HIV
  • Inclusion in another clinical trial
  • Having received TPN in the month prior to inclusion in the study
  • Pregnancy
  • Refusal to participate in the study

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 1 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    February 1 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    212 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00396461

    Start Date

    November 1 2006

    End Date

    February 1 2011

    Last Update

    July 19 2013

    Active Locations (22)

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    1

    Hospital General Universitario de Alicante

    Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 03010

    2

    Hospital Son Dureta

    Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, 07014

    3

    Hospital del Mar (Institut Municipal d'Assistència Sanitària, IMAS)

    Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 08003

    4

    Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón

    Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 08035