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Permissive underfeeding versus target enteral feeding in adult critically ill patients

The impact of permissive underfeeding versus target enteral feeding on mortality and morbidity in adult critically ill patients: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN68144998
Enrollment
892
Registered
2009-06-24
Start date
2009-06-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-04-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Enteral feeding Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Enteral feeding

Interventions

All patients admitted to ICU will be screened within first 48 hours for eligiliblity and all potential eligible candidates will be identified. Patients will be allocated to one of the two groups:

Sponsors

King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) (Saudi Arabia)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Receiving enteral feeding 2. Aged greater than or equal to 18 years, either sex 3. Expected to stay 48 hours or more in the ICU

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Terminal illness 2. Do not resuscitate (DNR) order (no code, no escalation) in the first 48 hours 3. Enteral feeding cannot be started within 48 hours of admission 4. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) 5. Oral feeding 6. Previously enrolled in this study within the same hospital admission 7. Brain death within 48 hours of admission 8. Pregnancy 9. Post-liver transplant 10. Post cardiac arrest 11. Burn patients 12. Prisoners 13. Elderly subjects aged greater than 80 years 14. Patients on more than one ionotropic support at maximum dose

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
90 day-all cause mortality: death before or at day 90 of enrolment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. ICU mortality: death in the ICU during the same ICU admission 2. Hospital mortality: death in the hospital (in ICU or on floor) during the same hospital admission 3. 180-day mortality: death before or at day 180 of enrolment 4. Daily Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores recorded on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28

Countries

Bahrain, Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 25, 2026