Pilot Study on Gastro-intestinal (GI) Enteral Nutrition (EN) Tolerance in Intensive Care Unit Patients (SPIRIT)
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified March 2013 by Nestlé
Sponsor:
Nestlé
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Nestlé
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01581957
First received: April 18, 2012
Last updated: March 26, 2013
Last verified: March 2013
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Purpose
Specifically designed enteral formulations may improve the gastrointestinal tolerance during early enteral nutrition in the critically ill patient.
This pilot trial will permit testing the design of the full-scale study providing valuable data on the expected effect of the formulation, the variability, thus helping to better estimate the required sample size.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
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Critically Ill |
Other: Specific Enteral Nutrition Other: Standard Enteral Nutrition |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Supportive Care |
| Official Title: | A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of a Specific Enteral Formulation Designed to Improve Gastrointestinal Tolerance in the Critically Ill Patient |
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Further study details as provided by Nestlé:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Diarrhea-free days during Enteral Nutrition (EN) administration to the patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) [ Time Frame: from EN start until end of treatment or ICU discharge (whatever comes first) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Patients will receive treatment for 10 days maximum
- Number of diarrhea events per day during EN administration to the patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) [ Time Frame: from EN start until end of treatment or ICU discharge (whatever comes firts) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Patients will receive treatment for 10 days maximum
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Incidence and severity of diarrhea [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Number of patients that experienced diarrhea during ICU stay
- Interruption of EN due to diarrhea
- Presence/absence of electrolyte and acid-base disturbances secondary to diarrhea
- Presence/absence of other abdominal symptoms [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]If present: description of abdominal distension, pain, absence of bowel sounds
- Changes in intra-abdominal pressure [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Incidence of nausea, vomiting and regurgitation [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Gastric residual volumes (>500 ml) [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Need to use any drug interfering with the passage of nutrition [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Visual analogue scale for abdominal discomfort [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Assessed in non-comatose patients
- Health Economic burden of Diarrhea during EN administration at ICU [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Nurse workload for the management of patients with diarrhea during the EN feeding period in ICU
- Total cost of diarrhea evaluated for each patient who experienced diarrhea (medications, cleaning material, blankets, etc.)
- For blood glucose control [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Number of events outside the 4.5 to 10 mmol/l glycaemic range
- Need for insulin unit administration during exclusive enteral nutrition
- Need for glucose administration during exclusive enteral nutrition
- Time to reach the full caloric goal [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]25 Kcal/kg/day or as determined for each patient with indirect calorimetry
- Accumulated daily caloric deficit during 72 hs after start of the study [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Percentage of cumulative calories delivered vs. prescribed during hospitalization in ICU and accumulated deficit during ICU stay/day (it should be the same)
- Need for parenteral nutrition supplementation during ICU stay [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]yes/no, economic impact
- Nutritional assessment [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]serum albumin at baseline, 3 days after EN start and at treatment end or at ICU discharge (whatever comes first)
- Incidence of secondary infections [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- ICU Length of Stay, days on mechanical ventilation during ICU stay (mech. ventilation-free days), hospital LOS (length of stay) [ Time Frame: up to 28 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Microbiota profiling [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Comprehensive intestinal microbiota profiling by sequencing-based approaches in stool samples collected right before initiation of EN, 3 days after EN start, at treatment end or at ICU discharge (whatever comes first), and at diarrhea episodes
- Determination of diarrhea pathogenicity [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Infections, fecal cultures for pathogens assessed at diarrhea episodes
- Safety evaluation (blood sampling) [ Time Frame: up to 10 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]End-point of safety evaluation at baseline, 3 days after EN start and at treatment end or at ICU discharge (whatever comes first), will include: blood cell analysis, hemoglobin, hepatic enzymes and creatinine
- AEs (adverse events) / SAEs (serious adverse events) [ Time Frame: up to 28 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]AE and SAE reporting from study start until 28 days after randomization
| Estimated Enrollment: | 90 |
| Study Start Date: | December 2012 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | March 2014 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | November 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
| Active Comparator: Specific Enteral formulation |
Other: Specific Enteral Nutrition
Patients will receive a Specific EN. The caloric target is 25 Kcal/kg/day to be reached on the third day post-initiation of EN (early enteral nutrition).
|
| Placebo Comparator: Standard enteral formulation |
Other: Standard Enteral Nutrition
Patients will receive an equivalent volume and caloric intake of standard formulation. The caloric target is 25 Kcal/kg/day to be reached on the third day post-initiation of EN (early enteral nutrition).
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female older than 18 years of age
- All ICU patients
- Expected ICU stay superior or equal to 5 days
- Anticipated to receive tube feeding for at least 3 days
- Informed consent obtained from patient or close relative
Exclusion Criteria:
- Contraindication to enteral nutrition or to the placement of an enteral feeding tube
- On enteral nutrition with superior or equal to 75% of caloric goal administered
- Restriction in full intestinal support including protein administration
- Parenteral nutrition of any kind unless due to enteral nutrition intolerance
- History of allergy or intolerance to the study product components (test or control product)
- Currently under therapeutic limitations. Non functional GI tract
- Unwilling or unable to comply with study treatments
- Currently participating or having participated in another clinical, interventional trial during the last month
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01581957
Contacts
| Contact: Stephan M Jakob, Professor | +41 31 632 41 44 | Stephan.Jakob@insel.ch |
| Contact: Jukka Takala, Professor | +41 31 632 41 44 | Jukka.Takala@insel.ch |
Locations
| Switzerland | |
| Department of Intensive Care Medicine. Bern University Hospital | Recruiting |
| Bern, Switzerland | |
| Contact: Stephan M Jakob, Professor | |
| Principal Investigator: Stephan M Jakob | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Nestlé
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Stephan Jakob, Professor | Bern University Hospital |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Nestlé |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01581957 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 10.10.CLI |
| Study First Received: | April 18, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | March 26, 2013 |
| Health Authority: | Switzerland: Ethikkommission |
Keywords provided by Nestlé:
|
Enteral nutrition, critically ill patients |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
|
Critical Illness Disease Attributes Pathologic Processes |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 17, 2013