NCT05879263

"Efficacy of Intermittent Enteral Nutrition Versus Continuous Administration in Intensive Care"

"Efficacy of Intermittent Enteral Nutrition Versus Continuous Administration in Intensive Care Patients for the Reduction of Complications. Randomized Clinical Trial"

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 190 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to Determine efficacy of intermittent enteral nutrition vs continuous enteral nutrition in adults patients with a nasogastric tube in a intensive care unit. The main question\[s\] it aims to answer are: * Reduction of gastrointestinal and respiratory complications * Evaluate the achievement of the caloric objective Informed consent will be requested from participants who meet the inclusion criteria. The participants will be randomized into two groups: control group (continuous enteral nutrition) or experimental group (intermittent enteral nutrition) Researchers will compare intermittent enteral nutrition vs continuous to see if there is a reduction in gastrointestinal and respiratory complications.

Conditions

• Enteral Nutrition
• Critical Care
• Feeding Methods
• Gastric Feeding Tube

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	INTERMITTENT ENTERAL NUTRITITION (IEN)	Administration of Enteral Nutriton (EN) by nasogastric tube in 4 bolus (24h): Duration of the infusion 1hour each shot, using an infusion pump.
OTHER	CONTINUOS ENTERAL NUTRITITION (CEN)	Administration of Enteral Nutriton (EN) by nasogastric tube during 24 hours, using an infusion pump.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-02-10
• Primary completion: 2024-02-29
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2023-05-30
• Last updated: 2023-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain