Tests nutrient absorption during continuous tube feeding
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial studies how well your body takes up nutrients when feeding is given continuously through a stomach tube. It may help doctors fine-tune feeding methods to better match how your body uses food.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are in an ICU setting and currently receiving continuous stomach-tube feeding.
- Your feeding provides more than 80% of your estimated daily energy needs via a nasogastric tube or gastrostomy.
- You are not fed through a post-belly (postpyloric) route like a jejunostomy or postpyloric tube.
- You should have a remaining ICU stay of at least 12 hours (if you’re in the ICU).
- There should be no active bleeding needing procedures or large amounts of blood transfusion in the last day.
- You must be able to use the feeding tube and also have an arterial line (a small tube in an artery for monitoring).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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