Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:36 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:36 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01853735
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine if Enteral Feeding (EN) in patients with a traumatic bowel injury requiring an open abdomen impacts outcomes. Patients who receive EN will be compared to those who remain nil-per-os (NPO). Additionally, an internal study control will be performed by analyzing concurrent injured patients requiring an open abdomen who did not have a bowel injury.
Specific aims:
Hypothesis 1: EN in patients with a traumatic bowel injury requiring an open abdomen improves fascial closure rate compared to patients who remain NPO.
Hypothesis 2: EN in patients with a traumatic bowel injury requiring an open abdomen reduces infectious complications compared to patients who remain NPO.
Hypothesis 3: EN in patients with a traumatic bowel injury requiring an open abdomen have a lower mortality rate compared to patients who remain NPO.
Detailed Description:
Fascial closure is determine by the primary physician and should be recorded in the operative record. This record will be accessed to determine if this variable is accomplished. Additionally, any dehiscence complication will be recorded (which would impact the long-term fascial closure rate). Infectious complications (abscess, pneumonia, etc) will be adjudicated by the primary clinician and any record of this in the patient chart will be recorded.
Study:
NCT01853735
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01853735