Overview

Impact of Early Parenteral Nutrition Completing Enteral Nutrition in Adult Critically Ill Patients

Status:
Active, not recruiting

Trial end date:
2021-12-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

In critically ill patients, a strategy aimed at an early delivery of full caloric support, with a combination of Enteral Nutrition (EN) and Parenteral Nutrition (PN) (in conditions preventing hyperglycemia and overfeeding), results in shorter ICU and hospital stay and less morbidity as compared to a strategy using only EN.

Phase:

Phase 4

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven

Collaborators:

Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium