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Completed Phase 4 Interventional

Enteral Glutamine in Neurologically-injured Patients

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00204971

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Official title

Randomized, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial of Enteral Glutamine Supplementation in Neurologically-injured Patients

Brief summary

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Nutrition is an important part of the recovery process after having a head injury so that subjects can gain strength and fight off infection. Liquid nutrition formulas are often given to patients through a tube that has been placed into the intestines for feeding when they are unable to eat on their own. Some reports suggest that nutrition with extra amounts of the amino acid called glutamine may decrease infections and hospital stay in severely injured patients.The purpose of this study is to evaluate if giving extra amounts of an amino acid called glutamine with liquid nutrition formulas will decrease the risk of infection and length of stay in the intensive care unit after having a head injury.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00204971
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Enrollment
102 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Dietary Supplement · Other

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2002
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2007
Completion
Dec 31, 2007
Last update posted
Sep 30, 2015

2003 – 2008

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin 53792

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