Replacing Protein Via Enteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Critical Illness
Nutrition Disorders
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 2,502 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center · Other
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About This Trial
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 day 5 until ICU discharge up to ICU day 90 as compared to no supplemental enteral protein to achieve moderate amount enteral protein (0.8-1.2 g/kg/day), given in conjunction with similar amounts of step…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria(on ICU calendar day 4 or the morning of day 5)
1. Age ≥18-years old
2. Patient started on enteral nutrition (EN) via nasogastric/orogastric or duodenal or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or jejunostomy tubes.
3. The patient is on invasive mechanical ventilation and unli…
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