Comparing two stomach-moving drugs for tube-fed patients
Treatments studied
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial tests two medicines (itopride and metoclopramide) to see which works better for emptying the stomach in hospitalized patients who are fed through a tube and have a large amount of fluid left in their stomach.
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Who can take part
- You are in the hospital and getting nutrition through a feeding tube.
- Your stomach is holding too much food or liquid (gastric residual volume ≥ 200 ml).
- You have not taken a stomach-moving medication (like Reglan or itopride) in the past 24 hours.
- You do not have certain heart rhythm problems (QTc longer than 460 ms for women, 440 ms for men).
- You are not pregnant, have not had stomach surgery recently, and do not have a blocked, bleeding, or torn intestine.
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