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The Effect of Elemental Diet on Gastric Emptying

NCT01467765 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2012-08-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In patients with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) delayed gastric emptying has been speculated as a cause of aspiration pneumonia. Elemental diet may facilitate gastric emptying in PEG patients as compared with regular liquid enteral nutrients, resulting in the prevention of aspiration pneumonia.

Conditions

  • Postprocedural Delayed Gastric Emptying

Interventions

OTHER

Elental

200Kcal/200mL of liquid nutrient for 15 min at 7:30 am is administered in PEG patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Showa Inan General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-11-30
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • Japan

Study Locations

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