UnknownPhase 4

Time to Feeding After PEG Tube Placement.

500 participantsStarted 2020-11

Plain-language summary

Trauma patients who require Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement for feeding and who consent to be in the study will be randomized to receive feeding at either 6 hours after PEG placement as is routinely done or at 0 hours after PEG placement.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients who require PEG tube placement for feeding by the Trauma/Acute Care Surgery at our institution who are able to provide consent or whose legally authorized representative is able to provide consent for the patient. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients not receiving PEG placement * Patients receiving PEG tube placement by a member of a different hospital service * Patients under the age of 18 years old

What they're measuring

Severe complication

Timeframe: Typically up to 4 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04627844

SponsorAugusta University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-11

Contact for this trial

Andrew Lawson, DO

540-998-2212 andlawson@augusta.edu

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