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RecruitingNCT04500483Updated Jun 27, 2023

Indirect Calorimetry in Patients at Risk of Malnutrition

An observational study in Burns, Critical Illness and Indirect Calorimetry, sponsored by University of Liege. Recruiting at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-27.

Sponsored by University of Liege · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Aug 2023, 3 years 1 month ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Aug 2020; still recruiting 6 years 1 month later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
100
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Burn patients treated in an outpatient clinic and ICU survivors are at risk of malnutrition. There are no clear guidelines determining the energy target in those two populations. The aim of this observation study is to measure the resting energy expenditure of those patients, using indirect calorimetry.

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Conditions studied

  • Burns
  • Critical Illness
  • Indirect Calorimetry
  • Resting Energy Expenditure
  • Nutrition Disorders
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In context

Malnutrition

1,587 studies on the registry are indexed under Malnutrition; 237 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is below the median of 203 across 388 observational studies indexed under Malnutrition.

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Lead sponsor

University of Liege is the lead sponsor of 242 studies on the registry; 46 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

the study population is divided into two groups: burn patients with minor burn exclusively treated in an outpatient setting, and ICU survivors who were discharged fro ICU after a stay of at least 7 days

Inclusion criteria

  • minor burn treated in an outpatient setting
  • ICU survivor, who was discharged from ICU after a stay of at least 7 days

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • oxygen supply
  • chest drainage
  • not french speaking
  • confusion, coma
  • cognitive disorder
  • patient refusal
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Burn outpatients

    Burn patients treated for minor burns in an outpatient setting

    Diagnostic Test: indirect calorimetry

  • ICU survivors

    Critically ill patients who survived ICU stay and are admitted in a general ward

    Diagnostic Test: indirect calorimetry

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testindirect calorimetry

    measurement of resting energy expenditure using indirect calorimetry

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. resting energy expenditure

    Time frame: during the 7 days following injury in burn patients or following ICU discharge in ICU survivors

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • University Hospital of Liège
    Liège, 4000, Belgium
    Recruiting
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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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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 27, 2023, 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
NCT04500483
Lead sponsor
University of Liege
Responsible party
Anne-Françoise Rousseau (Head of clinic, University of Liege) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 5, 2020
Start date
Aug 15, 2020
Primary completion
Aug 15, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 15, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 27, 2023

Study contacts

Anne-Françoise Rousseau, MD, PhD
Contact
afrousseau@chuliege.be
+3243667495

Oversight

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