Trial of Continuous Versus Interrupted Feeding for Intubated Intensive Care Unit Patients

NCT ID: NCT01383980

Last Updated: 2019-03-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

36 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-08-31

Study Completion Date

2017-08-31

Brief Summary

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Surgical patients fed up until the point of surgery will have safe delivery of more calories compared to a group whose feeding is held at midnight prior to surgery.

Detailed Description

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Nutrition is essential for healing and recovery from illness. Tube feeds are the standard care for patients with prolonged stays in the intensive care unit (ICU) who cannot eat food on their own. Tube feeding means that a tube has been placed in a patient's stomach or small intestine to provide nutrition.

When a patient is scheduled for an elective surgery, he/she usually has nothing to eat after midnight prior to the operation. A fasting period before surgery is done to avoid possible side effects during the placement of a breathing tube. Having an empty stomach is thought to decrease the chances of vomiting or aspiration while a breathing tube is placed. (Aspiration occurs when a substance, such as food provided by a tube feed, enters the airway.) However, some patients already have a breathing tube in place. The investigators do not know which is better for patients who already have a breathing tube in place: continuing feedings up until surgery or stopping them the night before.

The investigators hypothesize intubated surgical patients randomized to a protocol of feeding up until the point of surgery will have the safe delivery of more calories as compared to a group whose feeding is held at midnight prior to surgery.

Conditions

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Malnutrition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Subjects are randomized to remain NPO at midnight prior to surgery or to continue to receive tube feeding up until surgery time.
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control

Tube feeds are held night prior to elective surgery (standard of care)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Continuous Feeding

Tube feeds are continued up until surgery. Subjects with a nasogastric tube will have their stomach contents emptied prior to surgery.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Continuous Tube Feedings

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Tube feeds continued up until elective surgery.

Interventions

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Continuous Tube Feedings

Tube feeds continued up until elective surgery.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Intubated with planned visit to the OR
* Admitted to an ICU at OHSU
* Receiving enteral nutrition or plan to start enteral nutrition

Exclusion Criteria

* Age less than 18 years
* Unable to obtain consent from patient or ARR
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Oregon Health and Science University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Laszlo Kiraly

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Laszlo Kiraly, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Oregon Health and Science University

Locations

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Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Portland, Oregon, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Braunschweig CL, Levy P, Sheean PM, Wang X. Enteral compared with parenteral nutrition: a meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Oct;74(4):534-42. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/74.4.534.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11566654 (View on PubMed)

Kudsk KA, Croce MA, Fabian TC, Minard G, Tolley EA, Poret HA, Kuhl MR, Brown RO. Enteral versus parenteral feeding. Effects on septic morbidity after blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma. Ann Surg. 1992 May;215(5):503-11; discussion 511-3. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199205000-00013.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 1616387 (View on PubMed)

Kalfarentzos F, Kehagias J, Mead N, Kokkinis K, Gogos CA. Enteral nutrition is superior to parenteral nutrition in severe acute pancreatitis: results of a randomized prospective trial. Br J Surg. 1997 Dec;84(12):1665-9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9448611 (View on PubMed)

McClave SA, Martindale RG, Vanek VW, McCarthy M, Roberts P, Taylor B, Ochoa JB, Napolitano L, Cresci G; A.S.P.E.N. Board of Directors; American College of Critical Care Medicine; Society of Critical Care Medicine. Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.). JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2009 May-Jun;33(3):277-316. doi: 10.1177/0148607109335234. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19398613 (View on PubMed)

Jenkins ME, Gottschlich MM, Warden GD. Enteral feeding during operative procedures in thermal injuries. J Burn Care Rehabil. 1994 Mar-Apr;15(2):199-205. doi: 10.1097/00004630-199403000-00019.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 8195265 (View on PubMed)

Pousman RM, Pepper C, Pandharipande P, Ayers GD, Mills B, Diaz J, Collier B, Miller R, Jensen G. Feasibility of implementing a reduced fasting protocol for critically ill trauma patients undergoing operative and nonoperative procedures. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2009 Mar-Apr;33(2):176-80. doi: 10.1177/0148607108327527.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19251911 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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00006259

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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