A Research Study to Test (2) Two Different Types of Feeding Tubes Used in the Intensive Care Unit

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: no Primary Disease; ICU Patient Who Require Enteral Nutrition

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare the success rates of two types of feeding tubes, specifically the standard gastric feeding tube to a small bowel feeding tube.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00245687

Run by

Thomas Jefferson University

People needed

60

Starts

2005-06-01

Expected to finish

2007-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-03-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• all ICU patients requiring enteral nutrition

You may not qualify if…

• coagulopathy, esophageal or gastric, surgery, varices, trauma, ulcer, structure, rupture

Where it is running

• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - MRICU — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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