Status:

COMPLETED

A Study in Critically Ill Patients Investigating Tolerability and Efficacy of Low-volume Pharmaconutrition (Intestamin)

Lead Sponsor:

Hannover Medical School

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fresenius Kabi

Conditions:

Critical Illness

Adult

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy and tolerability of the low-volume supplement. The investigators randomized critically ill patients to receive Intestamin plus Fresubin or Fresubin alone...

Detailed Description

To compare early supplementation with antioxidants and glutamine using an enteral pharmaconutrition supplement (Intestamin®) to an energy adjusted standard elementary diet and to investigate its affec...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • sepsis or SIRS (APACHE score 10-30),
  • no severe gastrointestinal tract or metabolic diseases,
  • enteral feeding within 48 h of admission,
  • age 18-75 years,
  • written consent by patient or next of kin. -

Exclusion

  • participation in a drug trial within the last 4 weeks before inclusion in this study,
  • previous participation in this study,
  • expected patient survival of less than 6 days,
  • pregnancy or lactation,
  • patients with unstable vital signs that would probably cause incidents that would make participation impossible or would lead to discontinuation,
  • severe liver disease with cytolysis (ASAT \>10 N) or impaired detoxification (ammonia \>50 mmol/L, bilirubin \> 50 μmol/L),
  • gastrointestinal surgery in the last 4 weeks,
  • severe enteritis/colitis,
  • short intestine syndrome,
  • gastrointestinal bleeding that requires intervention,
  • patients who could not be enterally fed

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

58 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01167075

Start Date

February 1 2006

End Date

February 1 2009

Last Update

July 22 2010

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Medical School Hannover

Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, 30625

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