The effect of a new tube feed on clinical outcome in critically ill patients.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Critically ill patients being treated in an Intensive Care Unit (male and female).
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON27876
- Lead Sponsor
- Danone Research – Centre for Specialised Nutrition
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age => 18 years;
2. Being mechanically ventilated;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Requiring other specific enteral nutrition for medical reason;
2. Having any contra-indication to receive enteral nutrition such as severe or refractory shock, presence of partial or complete mechanical bowel obstruction, or intestinal ischemia or infarction;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the effect of the test product compared to the control product on incidence of nosocomial infections.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To determine the effect of the test product compared to the control product on Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, duration of ventilation, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and hospital stay and mortality;<br /><br>2. To evaluate safety and tolerance of the test product compared to the control product.<br>