Status:
COMPLETED
Appropriate Controlled Feeding: a Single Blinded Prospective Randomised Study
Lead Sponsor:
Scarborough General Hospital
Conditions:
Patients Requiring Artificial Nutrition
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
During patients' stay in the hospital, some of the patients may require artificial feeding for various reasons either through a vein or through a tube going directly to the gut. However, the amount of...
Detailed Description
Aims: The primary aim of this study is to assess whether hypocaloric feeding in patients receiving artificial nutritional support is associated with reduced septic and non septic morbidity compared t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients requiring artificial nutritional support in the hospital
Exclusion
- Failure to obtain informed consent / assent from next of kin.
- Patients at risk of refeeding syndrome.
- If patients require concomitant enteral and parenteral nutrition.
- Pregnant women and children under the age of 18 years.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
93 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01154179
Start Date
April 1 2009
End Date
August 1 2012
Last Update
September 5 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Scarborough General Hospital
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, YO12 6QL