Modulation of gut function using Gut Specific Nutrients in the critically ill

Completed

• Conditions: Gut failure; Digestive System; Other diseases of digestive system

• Registration Number: ISRCTN61157513
• Lead Sponsor: Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Critically ill patients (aged greater than or equal to 18 years, either sex) with inadequate gut function

Exclusion Criteria

1. Failure to obtain consent (or assent by the next-of-kin)
2. Known intolerance to one or more of the study preparations
3. Aged less than 18 years
4. Pregnancy
5. Patients who are strictly 'nil-by-mouth' and therefore unable to receive the study preparations or appropriate placebos

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified