Efficacy of Oxepa Enteral Feeding in LTAC (Long Term Acute Care Hospital) Patients on Chronic Ventilation- a Pilot Study

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Conditions studied: Acute Lung Injury, Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Dietary Modification

In brief

Patients with mechanical ventilation have shown improved weaning rates when enteral tube feeding high in EPA, GLA and antioxidants were fed to patients in the critical care setting. LTAC Patients on chronic mechanical ventilation will have decreased days an mechanical ventilation, decreased mortality rates and decreased organ failure when fed an enteral product high in EPA, GLA and antioxidants compared to an isotonic high fiber enteral nutrition product.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02208700

Run by

Grace Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio

People needed

40

Starts

2014-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-05

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• >18 years old with Respiratory failure on mechanical ventilation with failure to wean Diagnosis of ARDS (Acute respiratory Distress Syndrome) Bilateral infiltrates -

You may not qualify if…

• History Of pulmonary fibrosis, Terminal illness/ malignancies, <28 day life expectancy, Hemodialysis, Active bleeding or bleeding disorder: DIC ( Disseminated intravascular Coagulation), Sickle Cell Anemia, Hemophilia Hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke, Liver failure, Head trauma with Glasgow coma scale score of <5, Immunosuppression: WBC(White Blood Cell Count) <5000, HIV positive, use of immunosuppressant drugs, Pregnancy, and Heart Failure with EF(Ejection Fraction) <35%

Where it is running

• Grace Hospital — Cleveland, Ohio, United States (enrolling)

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