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Registration number
NCT03160547
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Date submitted
17/05/2017
Date registered
19/05/2017
Date last updated
28/03/2022
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The Effect of Higher Protein Dosing in Critically Ill Patients
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The Effect of Higher Protein Dosing in Critically Ill Patients: A Multicenter Registry-based Randomized Trial
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EFFORT
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Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Other interventions - Usual Protein/Amino Acid Group
Other interventions - Higher Protein/Amino Acid Group
Active Comparator: Usual Protein/Amino Acid Group - Patients will receive a usual protein/amino acid dose (=1.2 g/kg/d)
Active Comparator: Higher Protein/Amino Acid Group - Patients will receive a higher protein/amino acid dose (=2.2 g/kg/d).
Other interventions: Usual Protein/Amino Acid Group
Protein targets will be set using pre-ICU dry actual weight. For patients with BMI >30, ideal body weight based on a BMI of 25 will be used. We will endorse the guidelines for energy targets set forth by ASPEN/SCCM, especially as it pertains to the obese patient.
Other interventions: Higher Protein/Amino Acid Group
Protein targets will be set using pre-ICU dry actual weight. For patients with BMI >30, ideal body weight based on a BMI of 25 will be used. We will endorse the guidelines for energy targets set forth by ASPEN/SCCM, especially as it pertains to the obese patient.
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60-day mortality
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Key inclusion criteria
1. =18 years old
2. Nutritionally 'high-risk' (meeting one of the below criteria)
1. Low (=25) or High BMI (=35)
2. Moderate to severe malnutrition (as defined by local assessments). We will
document the means by which sites are making this determination and capture the
elements of the assessment (history of weight loss, history of reduced oral
intake, etc.).
3. Frailty (Clinical Frailty Scale 5 or more from proxy)
4. Sarcopenia- (SARC-F score of 4 or more from proxy)
5. From point of screening, projected duration of mechanical ventilation >4 days
3. Requiring mechanical ventilation with actual or expected total duration of mechanical
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Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
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Key exclusion criteria
1. >96 continuous hours of mechanical ventilation before screening
2. Expected death or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments within 7 days from
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3. Pregnant
4. The responsible clinician feels that the patient either needs low or high protein
5. Patient requires parenteral nutrition only and site does not have products to reach
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Basic Science
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Completed
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21/11/2017
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3/12/2021
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Clinical Evaluation Research Unit at Kingston General Hospital
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Summary
Brief summary
The investigator will investigate the effects of higher protein/amino acid dosing (=2.2
g/kg/d) vs usual protein/amino acid dosing (=1.2 g/kg/d) on clinical outcomes in
nutritionally high risk ill patients.
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Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03160547
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Trial related presentations / publications
Hoffer LJ, Bistrian BR. Appropriate protein provision in critical illness: a systematic and narrative review. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Sep;96(3):591-600. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.032078. Epub 2012 Jul 18.
Heyland DK, Cahill N, Day AG. Optimal amount of calories for critically ill patients: depends on how you slice the cake! Crit Care Med. 2011 Dec;39(12):2619-26. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318226641d.
Jolly SS, Cairns JA, Yusuf S, Meeks B, Pogue J, Rokoss MJ, Kedev S, Thabane L, Stankovic G, Moreno R, Gershlick A, Chowdhary S, Lavi S, Niemela K, Steg PG, Bernat I, Xu Y, Cantor WJ, Overgaard CB, Naber CK, Cheema AN, Welsh RC, Bertrand OF, Avezum A, Bhindi R, Pancholy S, Rao SV, Natarajan MK, ten Berg JM, Shestakovska O, Gao P, Widimsky P, Dzavik V; TOTAL Investigators. Randomized trial of primary PCI with or without routine manual thrombectomy. N Engl J Med. 2015 Apr 9;372(15):1389-98. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1415098. Epub 2015 Mar 16.
Fan E, Dowdy DW, Colantuoni E, Mendez-Tellez PA, Sevransky JE, Shanholtz C, Himmelfarb CR, Desai SV, Ciesla N, Herridge MS, Pronovost PJ, Needham DM. Physical complications in acute lung injury survivors: a two-year longitudinal prospective study. Crit Care Med. 2014 Apr;42(4):849-59. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000040.
De Jonghe B, Sharshar T, Lefaucheur JP, Authier FJ, Durand-Zaleski I, Boussarsar M, Cerf C, Renaud E, Mesrati F, Carlet J, Raphael JC, Outin H, Bastuji-Garin S; Groupe de Reflexion et d'Etude des Neuromyopathies en Reanimation. Paresis acquired in the intensive care unit: a prospective multicenter study. JAMA. 2002 Dec 11;288(22):2859-67. doi: 10.1001/jama.288.22.2859.
Hermans G, Van Mechelen H, Clerckx B, Vanhullebusch T, Mesotten D, Wilmer A, Casaer MP, Meersseman P, Debaveye Y, Van Cromphaut S, Wouters PJ, Gosselink R, Van den Berghe G. Acute outcomes and 1-year mortality of intensive care unit-acquired weakness. A cohort study and propensity-matched analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Aug 15;190(4):410-20. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201312-2257OC.
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Summary Results
For IPD and results data, please see
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03160547
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