Feeding Trial in the Obese Critical Care Population

Completed

Conditions studied: Critical Illness, Obesity

In brief

This study will assess enteral feeding in an obese critically ill population with a higher protein whey based peptide formula.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01357200

Run by

Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

People needed

26

Starts

2011-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-01-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Surgical or Medical intensive care unit (ICU) patient
• Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30

You may not qualify if…

• pregnant or lactating
• unable to access gastrointestinal (GI) tract for feeding via tube
• other contraindication to tube feeding
• admitted with burns
• severe head trauma

Where it is running

• University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky, United States
• University of Louisville — Louisville, Kentucky, United States

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