Comparison of Time-restricted Feeding and Continuous Feeding in Critically Ill Patients

NCT ID: NCT03439618

Last Updated: 2020-06-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

380 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-05-09

Study Completion Date

2022-08-30

Brief Summary

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In the nutrition guideline (A.S.P.E.N guideline), there was no recommendation about the feeding type in enteral feeding of critically ill patients. Continuous feeding is the most popular feeding type in ICU because of its less nursing burden and reducing the aspiration incidence theoretically. However, some previous studies demonstrated that there were no complications differences between continuous and time-restricted feedings(such as intermittent feedings).

In ICU, the disorder of protein synthesis is a universal problem and is associated with ICU acquired weakness. Time-restricted feeding is more physical than continuous feeding. In some animal researches, time-restricted feeding was proved to have a greater stimulatory effect on protein synthesis than continuous feeding. Besides of light, time-restricted feeding can may also adjust the biological rhythms. It is known that biological clocks could affect energy metabolism, emotion and so on. Until now, there are no enough clinical studies to prove the advantages in time-restricted feeding in ICU patients.So researchers designed the study to compare the time-restricted feeding and continuous feeding effect(especially protein synthesis) on ICU patients.

Detailed Description

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Enteral nutrition support can be administered by continuous administration or by time-restricted administration in ICU. Continuous feeding is the most popular feeding schedule because of its less nursing burden and reducing the aspiration prevalence theoretically. However, previous studies demonstrated that there was no complications (diarrhea, distension, Ventilator associated pneumonia-VAP incidence, and so on) difference between these two feeding schedule. So in the nutrition guideline (A.S.P.E.N guideline), there was no recommendation about the feeding schedule. However, time-restricted feeding is more physical than continuous feeding. In ICU, the disorder of protein synthesis is a universal problem and is associated with ICU acquired weakness. In some animal researches, time-restricted feeding was proved to have a greater stimulatory effect on protein synthesis than continuous feeding.

Besides of light, time-restricted feeding can adjust the biological rhythms. It is known that biological clocks could affect energy metabolism, emotion and so on. In the "zi wu liu zhu" theory of traditional chinese medicine, feeding time should be at 7:00-9:00, 11:00-13:00 and 17:00-19:00. So researchers designed the study to compare the time-restricted feeding according to traditional chinese medicine and continuous feeding effect(especially protein synthesis) on ICU patients.

Conditions

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Feeding Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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continuous feeding

The total amount of every days' Enteral Nutritional Suspension was fed at constant speed for 24h

Group Type OTHER

continuous feeding

Intervention Type OTHER

At the beginning, all enrolled patients were fed by continuous feeding. When the amount calorie of feeding enteral nutritional suspension increased to 80% target calorie (target calorie: 25kilocalorie/kg.d), the patients was randomly into continuous feeding and time-restricted feeding group.In the continuous feeding, the total amount of every days' Enteral Nutritional Suspension was fed at constant speed for 24h.

time-restricted feeding

The total amount of every days' Enteral Nutritional Suspension was fed at constant speed for 6h (7:00-9:00,11:00-13:00,17:00-19:00).

Group Type OTHER

time-restricted feeding

Intervention Type OTHER

At the beginning, all enrolled patients were fed by continuous feeding. When the amount calorie of feeding enteral nutritional suspension increased to 80% target calorie (target calorie: 25kilocalorie/kg.d), the patients was randomly into continuous feeding and time-restricted feeding group. In continuous feeding group, the enteral nutritional suspension was fed at constant speed for 24h.In the time restricted feeding, feeding time should be at 7:00-9:00, 11:00-13:00 and 17:00-19:00 at constant feeding speed.

Interventions

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time-restricted feeding

At the beginning, all enrolled patients were fed by continuous feeding. When the amount calorie of feeding enteral nutritional suspension increased to 80% target calorie (target calorie: 25kilocalorie/kg.d), the patients was randomly into continuous feeding and time-restricted feeding group. In continuous feeding group, the enteral nutritional suspension was fed at constant speed for 24h.In the time restricted feeding, feeding time should be at 7:00-9:00, 11:00-13:00 and 17:00-19:00 at constant feeding speed.

Intervention Type OTHER

continuous feeding

At the beginning, all enrolled patients were fed by continuous feeding. When the amount calorie of feeding enteral nutritional suspension increased to 80% target calorie (target calorie: 25kilocalorie/kg.d), the patients was randomly into continuous feeding and time-restricted feeding group.In the continuous feeding, the total amount of every days' Enteral Nutritional Suspension was fed at constant speed for 24h.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

ICU patients asking for enteral nutrition by gastric tube

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with gastrectomy; patients with enterectomy; patients with Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; patients with diabetes; patients with intestinal fistula
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Qingdao University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bo Yao,phD

Clinician of intensive care unit, Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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BO Yao, PHD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

Locations

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The affiliated hospital of qingdao university

Qingdao, Shandong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Bo Yao, PHD

Role: CONTACT

+86053282912221

Facility Contacts

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BO YAO, PHD

Role: primary

+86 053282912221

References

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Patel JJ, Rosenthal MD, Heyland DK. Intermittent versus continuous feeding in critically ill adults. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2018 Mar;21(2):116-120. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000447.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29232262 (View on PubMed)

Sunderram J, Sofou S, Kamisoglu K, Karantza V, Androulakis IP. Time-restricted feeding and the realignment of biological rhythms: translational opportunities and challenges. J Transl Med. 2014 Mar 28;12:79. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-12-79.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24674294 (View on PubMed)

McClave SA, Taylor BE, Martindale RG, Warren MM, Johnson DR, Braunschweig C, McCarthy MS, Davanos E, Rice TW, Cresci GA, Gervasio JM, Sacks GS, Roberts PR, Compher C; Society of Critical Care Medicine; American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 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. 2016 Feb;40(2):159-211. doi: 10.1177/0148607115621863. No abstract available.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26773077 (View on PubMed)

Tavares de Araujo VM, Gomes PC, Caporossi C. Enteral nutrition in critical patients; should the administration be continuous or intermittent? Nutr Hosp. 2014 Mar 1;29(3):563-7. doi: 10.3305/nh.2014.29.3.7169.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 24559000 (View on PubMed)

Chen YC. Critical analysis of the factors associated with enteral feeding in preventing VAP: a systematic review. J Chin Med Assoc. 2009 Apr;72(4):171-8. doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70049-8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19372071 (View on PubMed)

Marik PE. Feeding critically ill patients the right 'whey': thinking outside of the box. A personal view. Ann Intensive Care. 2015 Dec;5(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13613-015-0051-2. Epub 2015 May 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26055186 (View on PubMed)

Wang HB, Loh DH, Whittaker DS, Cutler T, Howland D, Colwell CS. Time-Restricted Feeding Improves Circadian Dysfunction as well as Motor Symptoms in the Q175 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease. eNeuro. 2018 Jan 3;5(1):ENEURO.0431-17.2017. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0431-17.2017. eCollection 2018 Jan-Feb.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29302618 (View on PubMed)

Ren CJ, Yao B, Tuo M, Lin H, Wan XY, Pang XF. Comparison of sequential feeding and continuous feeding on the blood glucose of critically ill patients: a non-inferiority randomized controlled trial. Chin Med J (Engl). 2021 Jul 20;134(14):1695-1700. doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000001684.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34397596 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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YB201811

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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