Status:

TERMINATED

Intensive Nutrition in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): A Clinical Trial (INTACT)

Lead Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Chicago

Conditions:

Acute Lung Injury

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators propose a prospective randomized clinical trail to evaluate the impact of intensive medical nutrition therapy (IMNT) in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or ac...

Detailed Description

This study was terminated early due to greater deaths occurring in the intervention group vs the control group. There were a total of 22 deaths, 16 in the intervention and 6 in the control.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patients (\> 18 years) with a diagnosis of acute lung injury, with viable GI function for enteral feeding
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Exclusion

  • Patients who are (1) transferred from another ICU, (2) previously admitted to the ICU during the same hospitalization, (3) do not resuscitate status or \< 12 month perceived survival due to underlying disease state (4) severely immunosuppressed, (5) immobility prior to ICU admission, (6) documented neurological disease prior to admission. -

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

78 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01921101

Start Date

July 1 2009

End Date

June 1 2013

Last Update

August 6 2014

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Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612