NCT01165073

Short Term Feeding for Asian Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Short Term Feeding for Hospitalised Asian Patients With Liver Cirrhosis - a Randomised Trial of Naso-gastric vs Oral Feeding

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Malaya · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The benefits of short-term naso-gastric feeding in patients with advanced cirrhosis remain uncertain. This was a randomised study comparing naso-gastric feeding and oral feeding in Asian patients with cirrhosis who were admitted to hospital for decompensation.

Detailed description

Consecutive patients with decompensated cirrhosis who fitted the inclusion criteria, will be randomised to either naso-gastric or oral feeding. Total feeding will be for 2 weeks only. Following intervention specific nutritional and liver-related parameters will be measured during the 2 weeks and up to 6 weeks later. Comparison between both groups will then be made.

Conditions

• CIRRHOSIS

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Osmolite and B.C.A.A.	Feeding inserted into enteral tubes
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Normal oral intake & supplementation if necessary	Enteral nutrition

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-03-01
• Primary completion: 2009-05-01
• Completion: 2010-05-01
• First posted: 2010-07-19
• Last updated: 2011-03-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia