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Early Goal Nutrition Therapy Guided by Indirect Calorimetry and Nitrogen Balance Among Critically Ill Patients With Acute Kidney Injury (ENGINE Study)

Phase 1
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Critically Ill
Nutrition Disorders
Acute Kidney Injury
Interventions
Other: Indirect calorimetry (Standard care nutrition arm)
Other: indirect calorimetry and nitrogen balance
Registration Number
NCT06238674
Lead Sponsor
Wankawee Jeerangsapasuk
Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effects of nutrition therapy guided by indirect calorimetry and nitrogen balance among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. The main question it aims to answer whether nutrition therapy guided by indirect calorimetry and nitrogen balance could improve 28 days mortality among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury or not.

type of study: clinical trial Participants will be provided enteral or parenteral nutrition after randomization(48-72 days after admissions) with total energy guided by indirect calorimetry measurements and total protein by nitrogen balance with maximum of 1.3 gram per kilogram per day for total of 14 days If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare with the control groups (nutrition therapy provided by physician using clinical equation of choice or judgements to see if participants were provided with these interventions, their 28 days mortalities would be better

Detailed Description

The gold standard for determining energy requirements was recommended by the European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ESPEN) guideline 2021 to use indirect calorimetry(IC), a noninvasive method that allows resting energy expenditure (REE) evaluation based on measurements of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production in the exhaled air.

As there are no high-quality studies that investigated energy and protein provision in hospitalized patients with acute kidney injury(AKI) or Acute kidney disease (AKD), the recommendations were based on the guidelines and clinical trials from critically ill and polymorbid internal medicine patients because these guidelines and trials included patients with kidney disease.

Moreover, there were clinical trials in critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury found the varying of metabolic states among these patients categorized by IC measurements and no association between calorie intake and mortality outcome.

Even though the aforementioned researches did not suggest a link between calorie intake and mortality outcome, no studies were able to meet the energy targets set using indirect calorimetry measurements.

This study aims to prove the necessary and benefit of early nutrition therapy after 72 hours of admission with total energy guided by indirect calorimetry measurements aims to meet 70-100% from measurements and total protein guided by urine urea nitrogen balance aims to positive nitrogen balance with maximum of 1.3 gram per kilogram of actual body weight per day for total of 14 days on survival \& renal outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18-90 years old
  • Mechanically ventilated patients with acute kidney injury by Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria
  • Expected length of ICU stay more than 72 hours and accept to follow the study protocol
Exclusion Criteria
  • Underlying chronic kidney disease stage 4 or 5 according to KDIGO staging
  • received renal replacement therapy prior to admission
  • Post cardiothoracic surgery
  • Required fraction of inspired oxygen inspired oxygen fraction (FiO2) more than 0.6
  • Pregnancy
  • BMI below 17 or above 35 kg/m2 or very high risk refeeding syndrome
  • Cirrhosis Child-Pugh score C

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard care nutritionIndirect calorimetry (Standard care nutrition arm)Energy and protein delivery will be according to predictive equation estimates and usual site practice along enteral feeding
Individualised energy and protein delivery guided by indirect calorimetry and nitrogen balanceindirect calorimetry and nitrogen balanceEnergy delivery will be guided by indirect calorimetry with the aim to meet 70-100% of the most recent energy expenditure measurement and protein delivery guided by nitrogen balance with the aim to positive nitrogen balance with the maximum of 1.3 g/kg/d after 72 hours of admission and continue for total of 14 days by enteral or parenteral feeding routes
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
28 day mortalityup to 28 days after randomization

28 day mortality

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
adverse eventsup to 28 days

feeding intolerance, diarrhea (percent)

length of ICU stayup to 28 days

Duration of ICU stay (days)

Rate of new renal replacement therapyup to 28 days

Rate of new renal replacement therapy (times)

60 day mortalityup to 60 days

60 day mortality

Peak serum creatinineup to 28 days

Peak serum creatinine (mg/dl)

Nosocomial infectionup to 28 days

incident of Nosocomial infection (yes or No)

ICU mortalityup to 28 days

ICU mortality

Blood sugar level and amount of insulin usageup to 28 days

average amount of daily amount of insulin usage (unit)

Duration of mechanical ventilationup to 28 days

Duration of mechanical ventilation (days)

Treatment separation in energy adequacyup to 28 days

Energy adequacy % will be calculated as energy delivery (kcal)/ measured energy expenditure (kcal) and expressed as a percentage

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Thammasat University Hospital

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Rangsit, Pathumthani, Thailand

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