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Pectin Start Early Enteral Nutritional Support in Critically Ill Patients

NCT02379624 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 125

Last updated 2015-03-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Acute lower gastrointestinal dysfunction is a kind of much common complication which occurred in critically ill patients. Once it developed, enteral nutrition would be disturbed. In this study, investigators suppose that early application of a sufficient amount of pectin ahead of enteral nutrition, may promote recovery of acute lower gastrointestinal dysfunction in critically ill patients, and exert its good effect on early EN support.

Investigators designed this prospective randomized controlled trial to test and evaluates the effect whether EN feeding with or without a pectin start would be safe or with advanced clinical outcomes.

Conditions

  • Nutrition Disorders
  • Critical Illness

Interventions

DRUG

pectin

Pectin, a representative diety fibre, is a gelatinous substance derived from the cell walls of fruits and some plants and contains galacturonan, consisting of mostly long-chain D-galacturonic acids combined into units by α-1,4 linkages. As a kind of soluble dietary fiber, pectin has been proved of controlling glucose and blood lipids. It slows rapid infusion of the liquid meal into the gut by delaying gastric emptying.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Xingwei Xu

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-01-31

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