Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:15 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:15 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03698292
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients aging between 18 and 60 years (of both sexes) who are admitted to the ICU and are expected to stay in the ICU for not less than 7 days and are prescribed enteral feeding through naso- or oro-gastric tube whose modified nutritional risk in the critically ill (mNUTRIC) score is of more than or equal 5.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who met the following criteria were excluded:
* Age less than 18 years or more than 60 years.
* Previous upper gastrointestinal tract surgery, obstruction, hemorrhage or history of GI disease.
* Clinically significant hepatic dysfunction. (\>3 times above the upper end of normal range of bilirubin, γ-glutamyl transferase, aspartate transaminase, or lactate dehydrogenase)
* Regular use of H2 blockers, prokinetic, proton pump inhibitor or anticholinergic agents for previous 4 weeks.
* Patients with arrhythmia or atrioventricular blocks.
* Any condition or comorbid disease that might interfere with gastric emptying such as diabetes.
* Patients with head injuries.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
60 Years
Study:
NCT03698292
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03698292