Delivering adequate nutrition to critically ill patients suffering delayed gastric emptying: RCT of nasointestinal feeding versus nasogastric feeding plus prokinetics. - Nasointestinal versus nasogastric feeding plus prokinetics

orth Bristol NHS Trust0 sitesOctober 16, 2012

Overview

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

October 16, 2012

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

10 years ago

Study Type

Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

Sex

All

Sponsor

orth Bristol NHS Trust

•1\. Mechanically ventilated.
•2\. Poor gastric emptying defined as 1 or more gastric residual volumes \>\=250mL in 24h after 3 x 10mg doses of IV metoclopramide in the last 24h.
•3\. Enteral feeding possible and likely to be required \>72h.
•Are the trial subjects under 18? no
•Number of subjects for this age range: 0
•F.1\.2 Adults (18\-64 years) yes
•F.1\.2\.1 Number of subjects for this age range 50
•F.1\.3 Elderly (\>\=65 years) yes
•F.1\.3\.1 Number of subjects for this age range 50

•1\. Moribund or limited active treatment.
•2\. Enteral nutrition contraindicated (eg. ileus) or limited to less than full requirements (eg. short bowel syndrome).
•3\. Contraindication to placement of a naso\- or oro\-intestinal tube (eg. no safe GI access).