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 @ 3:28 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:28 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03566992
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Adult (18 years or above) patients admitted in the critical care unit on mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours
2. Orders for tube feeding
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Intubated for less than 48 hours (suspected insufficient time for the role of feeding mode to affect glycemic control)
2. Patients not being fed (such as DKA, GI bleed, obstruction, ileus, etc)
3. Pre-existing PEG/PEJ tubes
4. Surgically altered upper and middle GI tract such as partial gastrectomy, gastric bypass surgeries etc. (patients with ileostomy and colostomy may still be included if the enteral route is used for nutrition)
5. No informed consent
6. Primary attending finds medical necessity to have a specific type of tube preventing randomization
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT03566992
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03566992