Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Mark Palazzo
ORCID ID
Contact details
Intensive Care Unit
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 8846 7018
m.palazzo@imperial.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0016141094
Study information
Scientific title
The incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in critically ill patients: comparison of enteral (EN) versus parenteral (PN) nutrition support
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Can the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia be reduced by parenteral nutrition during the acute phase of critical illness?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use contact details to request a participant information sheet
Condition
Nutrition support
Intervention
Prospective randomised open clinical study taking place at a single centre (ICU_CXH). Patients will be randomised to enteral (EN) versus parenteral (PN) nutrition support.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia
2. The number of ventilator free days
3. ICU length of stay
4. ICU mortality
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
29/03/2004
Overall trial end date
29/03/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients expected to require ventilation for 5 or more days
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
29/03/2004
Recruitment end date
29/03/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Charing Cross Hospital
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Hammersmith Hospital NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
NHS R&D Support (UK) - Funding 2004/05
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list