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NCT Number: NCT03017664

Improvement Project To Optimizing Nutrition With Higher Protein and Calorie Pediatric Tube Feeding

This quality improvement project will include a practice change based on national guidelines for the nutritional management of PICU patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Critically Ill Children

Age range

1 year–13 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

The University of Chicago, Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States

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About this study

This quality improvement project will include a practice change based on national guidelines for the nutritional management of PICU patients. The primary aim of this quality improvement project is to better meet protein needs of ICU critically ill children

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Children aged 1-18 years old with enteral feeding access and anticipated to be fed for 5 days

Exclusion criteria

-

Treatment and study plan

Peptide-based enteral formula

Other

Peptide-based, higher protein and higher calorie enteral formula

Retrospective review of enteral tube feeding formula

Other

Enteral formula tube feeding will be retrospectively reviewed

Primary outcomes

  1. Enteral formula volume

    Time frame: 5 days

    Daily total formula volume (mL) delivered

Other outcomes

  1. Protein modular

    Time frame: 5 days

    yes/no; if yes, dose (g/mL) and schedule

  2. Enteral feeding interruptions

    Time frame: 5 days

    yes/no; if yes, reason for interruption

  3. Diarrhea

    Time frame: 5 days

    yes/no; if yes, frequency in 24 hour period

  4. Vomiting

    Time frame: 5 days

    yes/no; if yes, frequency in 24 hour period

  5. Elevated gastric residuals

    Time frame: 5 days

    yes/no; if yes, amount (mL) in 24 hour period

  6. Abdominal distention/pain

    Time frame: 5 days

    yes/no

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

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Registry information

Official study title

An Improvement Project Towards Optimizing Nutrition Intervention With a Higher Protein and Calorie Pediatric Tube Feeding Formula

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jan 11, 2017
Registry last updated
Jan 27, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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