COntinuous vs BOlus Nasogastric Feeding in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients 2
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Dietary Modification
In brief
This multi-center, prospective, randomized comparative effectiveness intervention study will evaluate continuous feeding (CGF) and bolus gastric feeding (BGF) protocols and their effect on delivery of prescribed nutrition and feeding intolerance in mechanically ventilated critically ill children for up through 12 hours post achievement goal feeds or exclusion from feeding protocol, whichever comes first, to a maximum of 10 days.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02566070
- Run by
- Akron Children's Hospital
- People needed
- 147
- Starts
- 2015-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-01-18
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- all medical patients hospitalized in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
- aged 1 month through 12 years of age
- mechanically ventilated within the first 24 hours of admission
- patients with an anticipated duration of mechanical ventilation greater than 48 hours
You may not qualify if…
- diagnosis of acute or chronic gastrointestinal pathology
- primary cardiac surgery or other surgical service patients
- enteral nutrition initiated greater than 48 hours post PICU admission, or
- enteral nutrition was initiated prior to admission to PICU
Where it is running
- Shands Children's Hospital — Gainesville, Florida, United States
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
- Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron — Akron, Ohio, United States
- The Children's Hospital at Oklahoma University Medical Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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