Indirect Calorimetry in Patients at Risk of Malnutrition

Recruiting

• Conditions: Burns; Critical Illness; Indirect Calorimetry; Resting Energy Expenditure; Nutrition Disorders
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: indirect calorimetry

• Registration Number: NCT04500483
• Lead Sponsor: University of Liege

Brief Summary

Burn patients treated in an outpatient clinic and ICU survivors are at risk of malnutrition. There are no clear guidelines determining the energy target in those two populations. The aim of this observation study is to measure the resting energy expenditure of those patients, using indirect calorimetry.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-08-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-08-01
• Study First Posted: 2020-08-05
• Study Start: 2020-08-15
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 2023-06-27
• Primary Completion: 2023-08-15
• Study Completion: 2025-08-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• minor burn treated in an outpatient setting
• ICU survivor, who was discharged from ICU after a stay of at least 7 days

Exclusion Criteria

• oxygen supply
• chest drainage
• not french speaking
• confusion, coma
• cognitive disorder
• patient refusal

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
ICU survivors	indirect calorimetry	Critically ill patients who survived ICU stay and are admitted in a general ward
Burn outpatients	indirect calorimetry	Burn patients treated for minor burns in an outpatient setting

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
resting energy expenditure	during the 7 days following injury in burn patients or following ICU discharge in ICU survivors

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital of Liège; 🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium