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Intermittent Versus Continuous Enteral Nutrition in Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

NCT04437264 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-03-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Evaluate effective delivery of goal nutrition with intermittent as compared with continuous enteral nutrition schedules, as defined by percentage of recommended calories that patient receives per day of interest.

Conditions

  • Enteral Feeding
  • Nutrition Disorders

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Intermittent feed participant

Patients will be assigned to receive intermittent enteral feeding protocol. They will receive four equal volume feeds at 8:00, 12:00, 16:00, and 20:00 hours.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Continuous feeds participant

Patients will be assigned to receive continuous enteral feeding protocol. Typical goal rates are in the range of 60 to 80 mL per hour for 24 hours per day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Melissa P Knauert, MD, PhD · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-07
Primary Completion
2022-12-07
Completion
2022-12-07

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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