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Appropriate Controlled Feeding: a Single Blinded Prospective Randomised Study

NCT01154179 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 93

Last updated 2012-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

During patients' stay in the hospital, some of the patients may require artificial feeding for various reasons either through a vein or through a tube going directly to the gut. However, the amount of feeding that can be considered 'adequate' is unclear due to lack of research data. The current evidence the investigators have suggests that doctors might be giving patients more than they require, which might carry some risks. This hasn't been proven until now and there is no evidence as yet to show investigators exactly how much the doctors should feed patients.

The aim of the study is to see whether feeding patients less than what they are currently been feed is associated with better outcome.

The patients will be randomly (like tossing a coin) allocated into 2 groups. One group will get 100% of the current amount; the second group will get 60%. The investigators will then compare the groups to decide if feeding patients less than the current practice is associated with better outcomes.

Conditions

  • Patients Requiring Artificial Nutrition

Interventions

OTHER

Hypocaloric feeding

This intervention group will be prescribed 60% of recommended (by Schofield) requirements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Scarborough General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anwar E Owais, MBBS MRCSEd · Scarborough General Hospital

  • Irfan Kabir, MRCS · SCarborough General hopital

  • Marcel Gatt, MD · Scarborough General Hospital

  • Claire Mcnaught, MD · Scarborough General Hospital

  • John Macfie, MD · Scarborough General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-08-31
Completion
2012-08-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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