ICU Nutrition Study Bern

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Starvation; Enteral Nutrition; Critical Illness

Treatments: Other: Data Collection; Other: Nutritional management protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00574431

ICU Nutr Bern

Details and patient eligibility

About

Nutritional treatment has become an essential component of the management of critically ill, due to better knowledge about positive impact of nutritional support. Malnutrition among ICU patients is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, length of stay (LOS) and therefore higher costs.Several studies however suggest, that early implementation of nutritional support is associated with improved clinical outcome, shorter LOS, and decreased infection rates. One of the objectives of this study is to determine if an nutrition protocol can improve the delivery of enteral tube feeding in the ICU.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

• <18 years of age
• stay less than 72 hours on ICU
• die within 72h after admission
• patients admitted for palliative care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Observation

Other group

Description:

Observation

Treatment:

Other: Data Collection

Nutritional management protocol

Active Comparator group

Description:

Collection of patient data after implementation of a nutritional management protocol

Treatment:

Other: Nutritional management protocol