Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT01473966
Coffee Against Obstipation in Intensive Care Treatment
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 120 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Heidelberg · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Coffee might stimulate bowel movement and thus overcome obstipation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.
Detailed description
Critically ill patients requiring ventilator support frequently suffer from obstipation. We hypothesize that coffee, administered either orally or rectally, might stimulate bowel movement.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | coffee | patients will receive a cup of coffee at room temperature orally twice daily |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | coffee rectally | patients receive an enema of two cups of coffee at room temperature once daily |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-12-01
- Completion
- 2014-06-01
- First posted
- 2011-11-17
- Last updated
- 2011-11-17
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01473966. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.