ICU Nutrition Study Bern

Implementation of an Evidence-based Nutritional Management Protocol in Critically Ill Patients:Does Clinical Outcome Improve?

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00574431

Enrollment

200

Registered

2007-12-17

Start date

2008-02-29

Completion date

2009-03-31

Last updated

2015-07-14

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Conditions

Critical Illness, Enteral Nutrition, Starvation

Keywords

Critical care, Intensive care unit, Early enteral nutrition, Nutritional management protocol

Brief summary

Nutritional treatment has become an essential component of the management of critically ill, due to better knowledge about positive impact of nutritional support. Malnutrition among ICU patients is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, length of stay (LOS) and therefore higher costs.Several studies however suggest, that early implementation of nutritional support is associated with improved clinical outcome, shorter LOS, and decreased infection rates. One of the objectives of this study is to determine if an nutrition protocol can improve the delivery of enteral tube feeding in the ICU.

Interventions

OTHERData Collection

Collection of patient data before implementation of a nutritional management protocol

OTHERNutritional management protocol

Collection of patient data after implementation of a nutritional management protocol

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Exclusion criteria

* \<18 years of age * stay less than 72 hours on ICU * die within 72h after admission * patients admitted for palliative care

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Energy delivered (%of caloric target) before and after introducing the nutritional management protocol.	During ICU stay
Protein delivered (% of caloric target) before and after introducing the nutritional management protocol	During ICU stay
Start of enteral feeding after ICU admission	During ICU stay

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
length of hospital stay	During hospital stay
ICU mortality	During ICU stay
rate of accurately defined infections	During ICU stay
use of antibiotics (days)	During ICU stay
Hospital mortality	During hospital stay
length of ICU stay	During ICU stay

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026