Status:
RECRUITING
Replacing Protein Via Enteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
Lead Sponsor:
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Conditions:
Critical Illness
Nutrition Disorders
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigator will investigate the effect of supplemental enteral protein (1.2 g/kg/day) added to standard formula to achieve high amount of enteral protein (range 2-2.4 g/kg/day) given from ICU da...
Detailed Description
The REPLENISH is a multicentric, international, open label, randomized controlled trial which will enroll subjects in intensive care unit. Patients will be randomized on day 4 of ICU admission. Until ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria(on ICU calendar day 4 or the morning of day 5)
- Age ≥18-years old
- Patient started on enteral nutrition (EN) via nasogastric/orogastric or duodenal or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or jejunostomy tubes.
- The patient is on invasive mechanical ventilation and unlikely to be discharged from ICU next day.
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Lack of commitment to full life support or brain death. Patients with "Do Not Resuscitate" order but with commitment to ongoing life support can be enrolled.
- Patients on any amount of parenteral nutrition (PN) in ICU at the time of screening, whether PN is used alone or in combination with enteral nutrition. Non-nutritional calories (dextrose, propofol, citrate) not considered as PN.
- Patients who received an average protein of more than 0.8g/kg/day in the first 4 ICU days.
- Patients being fed entirely through oral route - i.e. those who are eating.
- Pregnancy.
- Burn patients.
- Prisoners or those undergoing forced treatment.
- Patients with hepatic encephalopathy or Child C liver cirrhosis
- Inherited defect of amino acid metabolism.
- Allergies to protein supplement
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 21 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 30 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
2502 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04475666
Start Date
September 21 2020
End Date
April 30 2026
Last Update
September 8 2025
Active Locations (2)
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1
King Abdulaziz Medical city
Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 21423
2
Intensive Care Unit, King Abdulaziz Medical City
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 11426