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Effect of Continuous Versus Cyclic Daytime Enteral Nutrition on Circadian Rhythms in Critical Illness

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Circadian Rhythm
Enteral Nutrition
Critical Illness
Intensive Care Unit
Sleep
Interventions
Other: Cyclic daytime enteral nutrition
Registration Number
NCT05795881
Lead Sponsor
Leiden University Medical Center
Brief Summary

Disruption of circadian rhythms is frequently observed in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is associated with worse clinical outcomes. The ICU environment presents weak and conflicting timing cues to the circadian clock, including continuous enteral nutrition. The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of timing of enteral nutrition on the circadian rhythm in critically ill patients. Patients admitted to the intensive care unit will be allocated to receive either continuous or cyclic daytime (8am to 8 pm) enteral feeding. Differences in circadian rhythms will be assessed by 24h patterns in core body temperature, heart rate variability, melatonin and peripheral clock gene expression. Secondary outcomes include depth of sleep, glucose variability and incidence of feeding intolerance. This study is expected to contribute to the optimalisation of circadian rhythms in the ICU.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥ 18 years old
  • Receiving of or intention to start enteral nutrition via nasogastric or nasoduodenal tube
  • Arterial line
  • Expected duration of ICU admission > 48 hours
Exclusion Criteria
  • Receiving parenteral nutrition
  • Prior night-time (20.00h - 8.00h) enteral tube feeding within the same hospitalization before study inclusion
  • Readmission to ICU with prior study inclusion
  • Chronic enteral tube feeding prior to current admission
  • Presence of one or more contraindications of enteral feeding and/or at significant risk for gastrointestinal tolerance according to standard protocol (including but not limited to gastrointestinal haemorrhage, intestinal ischemia or necrosis, impaired digestive tract integrity due to obstruction or perforation, gastrectomy, enterectomy, history of gastroparesis or oesophageal dysmotility or expected surgery within 24 hours)
  • Patients with glycaemic emergency (including but not limited to hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma, diabetic ketoacidosis, severe hypoglycaemia resulting in ICU admission) or patients controlling their glucose levels and insulin dosing via continuous glucose monitoring
  • Expected death within 24 hours
  • Do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order
  • Treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • Severe neurological damage (significant neurological abnormalities such as bleeding, ischemia, neurotrauma or severe encephalopathy with Glasgow Coma Scale ≤ 8)
  • Suspected or confirmed pregnancy

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention groupCyclic daytime enteral nutritioncyclic daytime enteral nutrition: between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (same amount of nutrition as control group)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Amplitude of 24-h rhythm of core body temperatureDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Acrophase 24-h rhythm of core body temperatureDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acrophase of 24-h rhythm in heart rateDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Days on mechanical ventilationFrom ICU admission to ICU discharge

Days on mechanical ventilation

ICU length of stayFrom ICU admission to ICU discharge

ICU length of stay

Daily rates of gastric retentionFrom start of study intervention (enteral nutrition) to end of study intervention

Gastric retention is defined as gastric residual volume \> 200 mL

Acrophase of 24-h rhythm in heart rate variabilityDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Amplitude of 24-h rhythm in systolic blood pressureDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Amplitude of 24-h rhythm in heart rateDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Amplitude of 24-h rhythm of plasma melatonin levelsDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Acrophase of 24-h rhythm of plasma melatonin levelsDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Peripheral clock gene expressionDay 3 (12 p.m.) to day 4 (12 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Time of day-dependent difference in clock gene expression in PBMCs isolated from blood samples collected at 12 p.m. and 12 a.m.

Mean daily rate of hyperglycaemia/hypoglycaemiaFrom start of study intervention (enteral nutrition) to end of study intervention

Hypoglycaemia is defined as glucose levels \< 3.5 mmol/L, hyperglycaemia is defined as glucose levels \>10 mmol/L

Mean daily glucose variabilityFrom start of study intervention (enteral nutrition) to end of study intervention

Mean of standard deviation of glucose levels per day

Mean daily insulin administrationFrom start of study intervention (enteral nutrition) to end of study intervention

Mean of number of insulin units used per day

Mean daily caloric intakeFrom start of study intervention (enteral nutrition) to end of study intervention

Mean of percentage of recommended calories that patient receives per day of interest during study period

Amplitude of 24-h rhythm in heart rate variabilityDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Acrophase of 24-h rhythm in systolic blood pressureDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Determined by cosinor analysis

Depth of sleepDay 3 (8 a.m.) to day 4 (8 a.m.) after start of the study intervention (= start of enteral nutrition)

Daytime (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) to nighttime (8 p.m. to 8 a.m.) ratio of gamma to delta spectral power ratio in EEG measured with a sleep headband

28-day mortalityUp to 28 days

28-day mortality

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Leiden University Medical Center

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Leiden, Netherlands

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