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TerminatedNCT03487744Updated Jul 23, 2019

Incidence of Diarrhea Using High and Low Osmolality Enteral Tube Feeding in Critically Ill Surgical Patients

An interventional study of Osmolite 1.5 and Promote without fiber in Tube Feeding, sponsored by University of Utah. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-23.

Sponsored by University of Utah · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

Why this study was terminated
slow enrollment
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 249 studies in Diarrhea with a site in United States — 15 open to participants now, 20 under way, none of them phase 3. Diarrhea · United States.

Enrollment
115th of 223
60 · median 63
Started
2018
with 12 others
No phase
56 of 249
3 open now
Registered
181st of 249
by date

Among the 249 studies in Diarrhea with a site in United States, this one is the 115th largest by enrollment of the 223 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 13 that started in 2018, is one of 56 with no phase, and was the 181st registered.

Diarrhea

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Who these studies take

Of the 45 Diarrhea studies recruiting now, 21 (47%) set no upper age limit and 22 (49%) stop at 75 or younger; 19 take children under 18; 15 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

The purpose and primary objective of this study is to determine if there is an association between enteral tube feed (TF) osmolality and diarrhea in critically ill patients. The investigators hypothesize that the administration of a TF formulation with high osmolality will cause more diarrhea than a TF formulation with a lower osmolality.

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Conditions studied

  • Tube Feeding

Keywords

  • Tube Feeding
  • Diarrhea
  • Enteral Nutrition
  • Critically Ill
  • Surgical
  • Cardiovascular
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • age >18 years
  • admitted to SICU or CVICU requiring TF for enteral nutrition
  • anticipated ICU stay and TF requirement >72 hours

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • to receiving one of the study TF formulations
  • Inability to tolerate at least 75% of estimated requirement by day 3 of enteral TF administration
  • Clostridium difficile infection or other cause of infectious diarrhea prior to study enrollment
  • Presence of an ileostomy or colostomy
  • History of inflammatory bowel disease, bowel resection, short gut syndrome, or chronic diarrhea
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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Promote without fiber

    Lower osmolality enteral tube feed formulation

    Other: Promote without fiber

  • Active comparator
    Osmolite 1.5

    Higher osmolality enteral tube feed formulation

    Other: Osmolite 1.5

Interventions

  • OtherOsmolite 1.5

    Continuous enteral tube feeding according to a standardized calculation via nasojejunal tube.

  • OtherPromote without fiber

    Continuous enteral tube feeding according to a standardized calculation via nasojejunal tube.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of diarrhea at 72 hours

    Time frame: 72 hour

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of diarrhea at 14 days

    Time frame: 14 days

  2. Mean frequency of diarrhea days

    Time frame: 14 days

  3. Total number of diarrhea days

    Time frame: 14 days

  4. Mean diarrhea scores

    Hart and Dobb Diarrhea Scale (a tool based on consistency and size of each stool, with a sum of all stools in one day equaling the score for each day and a score of 12 or more indicates diarrhea)

    Time frame: 14 days

  5. Time at 75% or more of goal tube feeding rate

    Time frame: 14 days

  6. Incidence of hypokalemia

    Time frame: 14 days

  7. Incidence of perineal dermatitis

    Time frame: 14 days

  8. Number of Clostridium difficile assays sent

    Time frame: 14 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Utah Health
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jul 2018 to primary completion in Jun 2019, 11 months.

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Registered
Mar 20, 2018
First posted
Apr 4, 2018
StartActual
Jul 2, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jun 30, 2019
CompletionActual
Jun 30, 2019
Last update
Jul 23, 2019
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 23, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03487744
Lead sponsor
University of Utah
Responsible party
Amanda Zomp (Clinical Pharmacist, University of Utah) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 4, 2018
Start date
Jul 2, 2018
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2019
Completion
Jun 30, 2019
Last update
Jul 23, 2019

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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