Incidence of Diarrhea Using High and Low Osmolality Enteral Tube Feeding in Critically Ill Surgical Patients

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tube Feeding

In brief

The purpose and primary objective of this study is to determine if there is an association between enteral tube feed (TF) osmolality and diarrhea in critically ill patients. The investigators hypothesize that the administration of a TF formulation with high osmolality will cause more diarrhea than a TF formulation with a lower osmolality.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03487744

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

60

Starts

2018-07-02

Expected to finish

2019-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• age >18 years
• admitted to SICU or CVICU requiring TF for enteral nutrition
• anticipated ICU stay and TF requirement >72 hours

You may not qualify if…

• Contraindication to receiving one of the study TF formulations
• Inability to tolerate at least 75% of estimated requirement by day 3 of enteral TF administration
• Clostridium difficile infection or other cause of infectious diarrhea prior to study enrollment
• Presence of an ileostomy or colostomy
• History of inflammatory bowel disease, bowel resection, short gut syndrome, or chronic diarrhea

Where it is running

• University of Utah Health — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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