Benefits of Post-Pyloric Feeding Tubes in Critically Ill Patients

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Critical Illness

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the benefit of feeding critically-ill patients beyond the stomach (post-pyloric). Furthermore, because of the advent of two new post-pyloric feeding tubes (Tiger 2 and Syncro BlueTube) designed to improve post-pyloric placement, the investigators will be evaluating the benefits of those two tubes as well.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01343316

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

21

Starts

2010-11-01

Expected to finish

2013-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-18

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• patients admitted to the ICU who are deemed by the attending critical care physician to warrant tube feeds and expected to receive tube feeds for more than three days

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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