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Enteral Glutamine in Neurologically-injured Patients

NCT00204971 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2015-10-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Nutrition is an important part of the recovery process after having a head injury so that subjects can gain strength and fight off infection. Liquid nutrition formulas are often given to patients through a tube that has been placed into the intestines for feeding when they are unable to eat on their own. Some reports suggest that nutrition with extra amounts of the amino acid called glutamine may decrease infections and hospital stay in severely injured patients.The purpose of this study is to evaluate if giving extra amounts of an amino acid called glutamine with liquid nutrition formulas will decrease the risk of infection and length of stay in the intensive care unit after having a head injury.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Enteral glutamine powder

nutritional supplement

OTHER

placebo

placebo control

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gordon S Sacks, PharmD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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