Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02319252
Gastric- Versus Jejunal Feeding Tubes in Alcoholic Liver Diseases
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The study is an unblinded randomized trial, designed to examine whether gastric- or jejunal feeding tubes are the most effect full to feed patients with alcoholic liver diseases and non-sufficient oral intake. The primary outcome will be differences in nutrition intake between the groups. Secondary outcomes will be: the amount of unplanned tube discontinuations; handgrip and patients' quality of life, nausea \& vomiting. The study will include 40 patients at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Gastric tube (Nutricia Flocare® Pur Tube Enlock) | Nutricia Flocare® Pur Tube Enlock, Ch. 12 |
| DEVICE | Jejunal tube (Nutricia Flocare® Bengmark®) | Nutricia Flocare® Bengmark®, Ch. 10 |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-04-01
- Completion
- 2018-04-01
- First posted
- 2014-12-18
- Last updated
- 2018-04-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Denmark
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02319252. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.