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Study of Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis

NCT00580749 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2016-01-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

We will compare the two types of enteral (intestinal) nutrition in regard to patients with severe acute pancreatitis in our institution and also in 8 others in the United States.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Naso jejunal feeding tube insertion

Placement of feeding tube through nare and into jejunum for administration of enteral feeding.

PROCEDURE

NG feeding tube insertion

Placement of naso gastric feeding tube into stomach for purpose of enteral feedings.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Whitcomb, MD · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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