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Time-restricted Enteral Nutrition Versus Continuous Enteral Nutrition in Patients With Severe Stroke

The Effect of Time-restricted Enteral Nutrition on the Prognosis of Severe Stroke Patients: a Multicentre, Prospective, Randomised, Open-label, Blinded-endpoint Trial

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06161948
Enrollment
420
Registered
2023-12-08
Start date
2024-01-15
Completion date
2025-12-12
Last updated
2026-01-02

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Conditions

Stroke, Time Restricted Feeding

Brief summary

In patients with severe stroke whose GCS score is ≤12 points or NIHSS score is ≥11 points, to evaluate whether time-restricted enteral nutrition can improve the incidence of poor 90-day prognosis (mRS ≥3 points) compared with continuous enteral nutrition.

Detailed description

Control the daily enteral nutrition time to 8-12 hours, enteral nutrition start time: 06:00 \ 08:00, end time: 16:00 \ 18:00. Enteral nutrition lasts until the patient discontinues enteral nutrition, the patient dies, the patient is transferred from the ICU, or enteral nutrition is used until 28 days, whichever event occurs first. On the first day of enrollment: the patient is given 1/3 of the estimated energy and 1.2-1.5g/kg/d of protein through enteral nutrition; On the second day of enrollment: the patient is given 1/2 of the estimated energy and 1.2-1.5g/kg/d of protein through enteral nutrition; Enrollment 3 - End of intervention: The patient is given 100% of the estimated energy through enteral nutrition, which can fluctuate between 70% and 100% of the estimated energy, and the protein is 1.2-1.5g/kg/d. The control group was continuous enteral nutrition (24 hours), which lasted until the patient stopped taking enteral nutrition, the patient died, the patient was transferred from the ICU, or enteral nutrition was used until 28 days, whichever event occurred first. On the first day of enrollment: the patient is given 1/3 of the estimated energy and 1.2-1.5g/kg/d of protein through enteral nutrition; On the second day of enrollment: the patient is given 1/2 of the estimated energy and 1.2-1.5g/kg/d of protein through enteral nutrition; Enrollment 3 - End of intervention: The patient is given 100% of the estimated energy through enteral nutrition, which can fluctuate between 70% and 100% of the estimated energy, and the protein is 1.2-1.5g/kg/d.

Interventions

OTHERTime-restricted enteral nutrition therapy group

Control the daily enteral nutrition time to 8-12 hours, enteral nutrition start time: 06:00 \ 08:00, end time: 16:00 \ 18:00. Enteral nutrition lasts until the patient discontinues enteral nutrition, the patient dies, the patient is transferred from the ICU, or enteral nutrition is used until 28 days, whichever event occurs first.

OTHERContinuous enteral nutrition control group

The control group was continuous enteral nutrition (24 hours), which lasted until the patient stopped taking enteral nutrition, the patient died, the patient was transferred from the ICU, or enteral nutrition was used until 28 days, whichever event occurred first.

Sponsors

First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≥18 years old and \<80 years old; * Cerebral parenchymal hemorrhage or cerebral infarction within 72 hours of onset; * GCS score ≤12 points or NIHSS score ≥11 points on admission, * Enteral nutrition is planned, and the estimated enteral nutrition treatment time is ≥7 days; * Signed informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

* Complete parenteral nutrition is required due to contraindications to enteral nutrition; * After gastrectomy or intestinal resection; * Enteral nutrition treatment has been performed for \>12 hours; * Accompanying diseases: a. Advanced cancer; b. Severe cardiac insufficiency \[ejection fraction ≤ 50%\]; c. Severe liver failure \[Child Pugh score ≥ 7\]; d. Severe renal failure \[glomerular filtration\] rate ≤ 30 mL/min or serum creatinine ≥ 4 mg/dL\]) * Have a history of mental illness or mRS ≥ 3 points; * The patient's doctor or nutritional therapist believes that the plan is not in the best interest of the patient; * During the patient's admission, death is inevitable, and there are underlying diseases that result in a survival time of \<90 days; * The patient participates in another clinical study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Poor 90-day functional prognosisDay 90 post-randomizationmRS ≥ 3 points

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
mRS score at dischargeThe day of Discharge, an average of 20 daysModified Rankin Scale,the score ranges from 0\ 6 levels,and the higher the score, the more severe outcome
Barthel index at dischargeThe day of Discharge, an average of 20 daysBarthel index at discharge
90-day Barthel IndexDay 90 post-randomization90-day Barthel Index
ICU length of stayFrom admission to ICU to transfer out of ICU .an average of 11 daysICU length of stay
Length of hospital stayThe day of Discharge, an average of 20 daystotal length of stay
GCS score at dischargeThe day of Discharge, an average of 20 daysGlasgow Coma Scale,the score ranges from 3-15. The lower the score, the greater the impairment of consciousness
NIHSS score at dischargeThe day of Discharge, an average of 20 daysNIH Stroke Scale,the score ranges from 0\ 42 points, and the higher the score, the more severe the nerve damage

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Adverse events during hospitalizationFrom enrollment to discharge, an average of 20 daysSafety outcomes
90-day mortality rate.From enrollment to Day 90 post-randomizationSafety outcome
Serious adverse events during hospitalizationFrom enrollment to discharge, an average of 20 daysSafety outcome
28-day mortality rateFrom enrollment to Day 28 post-randomizationSafety outcome

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

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