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Dietary Supplement

protein supplementation for Critical Illness

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Grant O'Keefe, MD
Research Sponsored by University of Washington
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1 year
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will help determine if supplemental protein can help critically ill surgical patients by reducing infection and increasing ventilator-free days.

Eligible Conditions
  • Critical Illness
  • Malnutrition
  • Trauma

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1 year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Serum concentrations of transthyretin at 3 weeks after injury.
Secondary outcome measures
Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Ventilator-free days.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: no protein supplementationActive Control1 Intervention
trauma subjects receiving enteral nutrition without any protein supplementation
Group II: protein supplementationActive Control1 Intervention
trauma subjects receiving enteral nutrition with additional protein supplementation

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of WashingtonLead Sponsor
1,738 Previous Clinical Trials
1,843,851 Total Patients Enrolled
6 Trials studying Critical Illness
2,071 Patients Enrolled for Critical Illness
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)NIH
268 Previous Clinical Trials
248,260 Total Patients Enrolled
4 Trials studying Critical Illness
7,207 Patients Enrolled for Critical Illness
Grant O'Keefe, MDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Washington
1 Previous Clinical Trials
357 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Supplemental Enteral Protein in Critical Illness
Grant E. O'Keefe 2016. "Supplemental Enteral Protein in Critical Illness". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03170401.
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