Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Non-inferiority of a Strategy of Continuing Oral Intake Compared With Fasting

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Tours

Conditions:

Patient in Acute Respiratory Failure

Continuation of Oral Intake

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Fasting in the intensive care unit is a crucial issue and has been studied in particular in patients on mechanical ventilation or at the time of weaning. To date, there are no data on fasting in patie...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female ≥ 18 years old
  • Participant affiliated to a social security scheme
  • Express oral consent of the participant, or failing that of the trusted support person, or failing that of the next of kin
  • Patient hospitalised in an intensive care unit or in a continuous surveillance unit or in an intensive care unit for less than 24 hours.
  • Criteria for acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure defined as.
  • Respiratory rate \> 25 cpm or indifferent if SARS-CoV-2 (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection occurred ≥ 1 time since admission.
  • PaO2/FiO2 \< 200 mmHg or equivalent SpO2 (oxygen saturation)/FiO2 (fraction of inspired oxygen) i.e. \< 235 (measured under at least 10 L/min high concentration mask)

Exclusion

  • Patient with criteria for immediate intubation:
  • Persistent or worsening respiratory failure (respiratory rate \> 40/min, respiratory failure on physical examination, respiratory acidosis with pH (hydrogen potential ) \< 7.25, copious tracheal secretions, hypoxia with SpO2 \< 90% despite FiO2 \> 80% for more than 5 minutes without technical dysfunction).
  • Major haemodynamic failure (need for increasing vasopressor support with instability and hypoperfusion).
  • Neurological failure (Glasgow score \< 8).
  • Cardiac or respiratory arrest
  • Chronic lung disease: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (GOLD grade 3 or 4: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) or other chronic lung disease requiring long-term oxygen or ventilation (this does not include a patient undergoing continuous positive nocturnal pressure for sleep apnoea syndrome).
  • Contraindications to oral nutrition: known previous swallowing problems or inability to swallow, digestive sutures, admission for inhalation pneumonia, exclusive parenteral nutrition, etc.
  • Patients with a nasogastric or orogastric tube, a jejunostomy or a feeding ileostomy
  • Patient already on invasive mechanical ventilation on admission
  • Limitation of therapies including a decision not to intubate
  • Incapacitated adult (guardianship or curators)
  • Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding women
  • Tracheostomised patient
  • Patient already included for the first time in this study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

754 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06510972

Start Date

September 1 2024

End Date

October 1 2027

Last Update

July 19 2024

Active Locations (11)

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Intensive care, University Hospital, Blois

Blois, France

2

Intensive care, Hospital, Bourges

Bourges, France

3

Intensive care, Hospital, Colombes

Colombes, France

4

Intensive care, Hospital, Dreux

Dreux, France