UnknownPhase 4

Efficiency of a Small-peptide Enteral Feeding Formula Compared to a Whole-protein Formula

France206 participantsStarted 2012-06

Plain-language summary

An early and efficient enteral nutritional support could improve the clinical outcomes of brain injured critically ill patients. Gastrointestinal feeding intolerance defined as an increased gastric residual volume frequently occurs in these patients. Previous experimental studies have suggested that a small-peptide enteral feeding formula could promote the gastric emptying compared to a whole-protein formula. An improved gastrointestinal tolerance of enteral nutrition should allow a rapid increase in the daily caloric intake and enhance nutritional support of brain injured critically ill patients.

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Admission in our surgical critical care unit. * Traumatic brain injury. * Non-traumatic brain injury: stroke, intracranial and/or subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural and/or extradural hematoma. * Expected duration of mechanical ventilation \> 48 hours. Exclusion Criteria: * Abdominal surgery in the previous 30 days. * Pregnancy. * Breast-feeding. * Hemodynamic instability defined as infusion of norepinephrine \> 3 mg/h, or epinephrine \> 1 mg/h, or as increasing needs in vasopressive or inotropic drugs.

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What they're measuring

the nutritional efficacy of a small-peptide (Peptamen AF®) to that of a whole-protein (Sondalis HP®) enteral feeding formula in traumatic and non-traumatic brain injured critically ill patients

Timeframe: Day3 to Day5

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01833624

SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-05

Contact for this trial

Anne-Sophie BALON

+3381668675 annesophie.balon@gmail.com

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