NCT00204971

Enteral Glutamine in Neurologically-injured Patients

Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Enteral Glutamine Supplementation in Neurologically-injured Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 102 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Nutrition is an important part of the recovery process after having a head injury so that subjects can gain strength and fight off infection. Liquid nutrition formulas are often given to patients through a tube that has been placed into the intestines for feeding when they are unable to eat on their own. Some reports suggest that nutrition with extra amounts of the amino acid called glutamine may decrease infections and hospital stay in severely injured patients.The purpose of this study is to evaluate if giving extra amounts of an amino acid called glutamine with liquid nutrition formulas will decrease the risk of infection and length of stay in the intensive care unit after having a head injury.

Conditions

• Neurologic Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Enteral glutamine powder	nutritional supplement
OTHER	placebo	placebo control

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-01-01
• Primary completion: 2008-01-01
• Completion: 2008-01-01
• First posted: 2005-09-20
• Last updated: 2015-10-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States