Nutritional DeficiencyNCT03724045
Back Side of the Moon: Nutritional Therapy
A study testing Back Side of the Moon in people with Nutritional Deficiency and Hospitalism, run by Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel at 1 site in Belgium.
Trial summary
Prospective observational follow-up of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors on the adequacy of nutritional therapy: what is the mean caloric and nitrogen intake and how does their metabolic profile evolve over time? Is supplemental nutrition, in any forms, indicated to fill the caloric and protein gap? Would IV access… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Nutritional Deficiency, Hospitalism
- What is being tested?
- Back Side of the Moon
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 50 participants
- Where
- 1 siteBelgium
- Study dates
- 1 Jan 2019to 28 Sep 2021
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- ≥ 7 days ICU stay
- ≥ 7 days hospital stay
Who cannot join
- < 7 days ICU stay
- metabolic disease
- restriction on nutritional therapy due to comorbid disease
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Back Side of the Moon Study: What is the Efficiency of Nutritional Therapy (Calories and Nitrogen) in ICU and on the Ward and What is the Metabolic Profile of Patients After ICU? Could Supplemental Nutrition Fill the Gap?
Prospective observational follow-up of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors on the adequacy of nutritional therapy: what is the mean caloric and nitrogen intake and how does their metabolic profile evolve over time? Is supplemental nutrition, in any forms, indicated to fill the caloric and protein gap? Would IV access be a barrier for SPN, and would subcutaneous parenteral nutrition be welcomed by health care practitioners and patients? Are patient centered outcomes (physical function, quality of life, performance in activities of daily living) correlated with nutritional adequacy and metabolic profile? Overall: are ICU survivors well fed after they leave ICU until hospital discharge? What kind of nutrition would possibly be useful to optimize the intake? How do their energy and protein requirements evolve? What is the physical and mental status of ICU survivors and is this correlated with nutritional status?
Read the detailed description
Nutritional therapy has been a matter of debate for several decades. Patient selection, time point of intervention, dosing of calories, protein, vitamins and trace elements and route of artificial nutrition have been the subject of research initiatives, and although consensus exist on several matters, some questions remain unanswered.
At the same time length of ICU stay is shortening, and ICU survivors know an extended hospital stay in the ward. The window of opportunity for adequate nutritional therapy is thereby divided between the critically ill department and the ward. Little is known on the metabolic evolution of ICU survivors, and some data support an increased protein and calorie need post resuscitation to attenuate lean body mass and promote recovery. Adequate protein and calorie delivery is required to facilitate recovery. Nevertheless, adherence to nutrition guidelines seems to be difficult in the resource-dens environment of ICU, as proven by data from the 'Nutritionday' project. Adequacy of nutritional therapy management for ICU patients that are discharged to the ward is unknown. Fair nutritional therapy could be discovered by this trial, but the possibility exists that crude iatrogenic malnutrition is discovered. This information would act as baseline data to build nutritional quality improvement programs, using different forms of artificial nutrition, from oral supplements over enteral and parenteral nutrition.
Secondly, metabolic information on ICU survivors is scarce. Body weight is often poorly followed-up, body composition evolution, including phase angle, is unknown, and metabolic monitoring by indirect calorimetry could reveal changed metabolic state and substrate use defined by the respiratory quotient.
Thirdly, relevant barriers to the use of an intravenous access have been reported: patients who are agitated or confused or where the placement and/or maintenance of an (central) IV line would cause suffering or pain. These patients show to be low in numbers, but nutrition could possibly be restrained . This raises an interesting question on the access issue. The enteral route has to be focused on, as information on patients' experience is available in home enteral nutrition, but data in post critical illness patients is non-existing. Clinical practices in the field of nutrition can be influenced by behavioral patterns of health care practitioners and patients. A questionnaire will be used to evaluate opinions of health care practitioners and patients. This information could be of value for the way we look at nutritional management.
This project targets the evaluation of nutritional adequacy on ICU and in the ward, and the observation of metabolic evolution of ICU survivors. Nutritional adequacy and metabolic profile will be investigated in correlation to patient centered outcomes (physical function, quality of life, performance in activities of daily living).
A substudy of included COVID-19 positive patients will be analysed and compared to non COVID-19 patients.
- Conditions
- Nutritional Deficiency, Hospitalism
- Being tested
- Back Side of the Moon
- Medical subject headings
- Malnutrition
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Back Side of the MoonDietary supplement
The procedures are: several measurements will be performed, including some which are not part of the Standard Operating Procedure, hence causing it to be considered interventional.
Follow-up during consultation on pneumology until max. 6 months post-admission on the ICU.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Back Side of the Moon | Experimental | Patients will be screened and enrolled at the ICU. Extraordinary measurements concerning nutritional status will be performed, to investigate whether patients at the ICU actually meet their nutritional needs. The same patients as above will be followed up, once discharge from ICU to a low-care ward has taken place. From there, they will be followed up until discharge from the hospital. The procedures are the same as in the ICU. The results obtained at the low-care ward will be compared to those from the ICU. 6 months after hospital discharge, morbidity and mortality will be assessed.
A substudy of included COVID-19 positive patients will be analysed and compared to non COVID-19 patients. Receives: Dietary Supplement: Back Side of the Moon |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Morbidity
Morbidity
Measured: 6 months after hospital discharge
Secondary outcomes (1)
Mortality
Mortality
Measured: 6 months after hospital discharge
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted30 Oct 2018
- Study start1 Jan 2019
- Primary completion28 Sep 2021
- Study completion28 Sep 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (5)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Nutritional DeficiencyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Universitair Ziekenhuis BrusselThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Elisabeth De Waele, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
- Investigators
- Elisabeth De Waele, PhD, Principal investigator, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03724045
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- BUN 143201837553
- Status last verified
- Sep 2021
- First submitted
- 26 Oct 2018
- Last updated
- 1 Oct 2021
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Described in the study contract by the main sponsor: Upon completion of the Study, the INSTITUTION and INVESTIGATOR will seek to publish the results of the Study in a peer-reviewed literature. BAXTER Confidential Information shall not be disclosed without prior written permission from BAXTER. For purposes of this Agreement, "Publication" shall mean any paper, article, manuscript, report, poster, internet posting, presentation slides, abstract outline, video, instructional material, presentation (in the form of a written summary), or other public disclosure of the results of the Study, in printed, electronic, oral or other form.
Publications
Preiser JC, van Zanten AR, Berger MM, Biolo G, Casaer MP, Doig GS, Griffiths RD, Heyland DK, Hiesmayr M, Iapichino G, Laviano A, Pichard C, Singer P, Van den Berghe G, Wernerman J, Wischmeyer P, Vincent JL. Metabolic and nutritional support of critically ill patients: consensus and controversies. Crit Care. 2015 Jan 29;19(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s13054-015-0737-8.
PubMed 25886997Wischmeyer PE. Tailoring nutrition therapy to illness and recovery. Crit Care. 2017 Dec 28;21(Suppl 3):316. doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1906-8.
PubMed 29297385Bendavid I, Singer P, Theilla M, Themessl-Huber M, Sulz I, Mouhieddine M, Schuh C, Mora B, Hiesmayr M. NutritionDay ICU: A 7 year worldwide prevalence study of nutrition practice in intensive care. Clin Nutr. 2017 Aug;36(4):1122-1129. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.07.012. Epub 2016 Aug 9.
PubMed 27637833Caccialanza R, Constans T, Cotogni P, Zaloga GP, Pontes-Arruda A. Subcutaneous Infusion of Fluids for Hydration or Nutrition: A Review. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2018 Feb;42(2):296-307. doi: 10.1177/0148607116676593. Epub 2017 Dec 20.
PubMed 29443395Lim ML, Yong BYP, Mar MQM, Ang SY, Chan MM, Lam M, Chong NCJ, Lopez V. Caring for patients on home enteral nutrition: Reported complications by home carers and perspectives of community nurses. J Clin Nurs. 2018 Jul;27(13-14):2825-2835. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14347. Epub 2018 Apr 22.
PubMed 29518266
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Oct 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Back Side of the Moon Study: What is the Efficiency of Nutritional Therapy (Calories and Nitrogen) in ICU and on the Ward and What is the Metabolic Profile of Patients After ICU? Could Supplemental Nutrition Fill the Gap?
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03724045
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- BUN 143201837553
- Conditions
- Nutritional Deficiency, Hospitalism
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis BrusselUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- Study start
- 1 Jan 2019 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 28 Sep 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 28 Sep 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 30 Oct 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Prospective observational follow-up of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors on the adequacy of nutritional therapy: what is the mean caloric and nitrogen intake and how does their metabolic profile evolve over time? Is supplemental nutrition, in any forms, indicated to fill the caloric and protein gap? Would IV access be a barrier for SPN, and would subcutaneous parenteral nutrition be welcomed by health care practitioners and patients? Are patient centered outcomes (physical function, quality of life, performance in activities of daily living) correlated with nutritional adequacy and metabolic profile? Overall: are ICU survivors well fed after they leave ICU until hospital discharge? What kind of nutrition would possibly be useful to optimize the intake? How do their energy and protein requirements evolve? What is the physical and mental status of ICU survivors and is this correlated with nutritional status?
Detailed description
Nutritional therapy has been a matter of debate for several decades. Patient selection, time point of intervention, dosing of calories, protein, vitamins and trace elements and route of artificial nutrition have been the subject of research initiatives, and although consensus exist on several matters, some questions remain unanswered.
At the same time length of ICU stay is shortening, and ICU survivors know an extended hospital stay in the ward. The window of opportunity for adequate nutritional therapy is thereby divided between the critically ill department and the ward. Little is known on the metabolic evolution of ICU survivors, and some data support an increased protein and calorie need post resuscitation to attenuate lean body mass and promote recovery. Adequate protein and calorie delivery is required to facilitate recovery. Nevertheless, adherence to nutrition guidelines seems to be difficult in the resource-dens environment of ICU, as proven by data from the 'Nutritionday' project. Adequacy of nutritional therapy management for ICU patients that are discharged to the ward is unknown. Fair nutritional therapy could be discovered by this trial, but the possibility exists that crude iatrogenic malnutrition is discovered. This information would act as baseline data to build nutritional quality improvement programs, using different forms of artificial nutrition, from oral supplements over enteral and parenteral nutrition.
Secondly, metabolic information on ICU survivors is scarce. Body weight is often poorly followed-up, body composition evolution, including phase angle, is unknown, and metabolic monitoring by indirect calorimetry could reveal changed metabolic state and substrate use defined by the respiratory quotient.
Thirdly, relevant barriers to the use of an intravenous access have been reported: patients who are agitated or confused or where the placement and/or maintenance of an (central) IV line would cause suffering or pain. These patients show to be low in numbers, but nutrition could possibly be restrained . This raises an interesting question on the access issue. The enteral route has to be focused on, as information on patients' experience is available in home enteral nutrition, but data in post critical illness patients is non-existing. Clinical practices in the field of nutrition can be influenced by behavioral patterns of health care practitioners and patients. A questionnaire will be used to evaluate opinions of health care practitioners and patients. This information could be of value for the way we look at nutritional management.
This project targets the evaluation of nutritional adequacy on ICU and in the ward, and the observation of metabolic evolution of ICU survivors. Nutritional adequacy and metabolic profile will be investigated in correlation to patient centered outcomes (physical function, quality of life, performance in activities of daily living).
A substudy of included COVID-19 positive patients will be analysed and compared to non COVID-19 patients.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Back Side of the Moon | Experimental | Dietary Supplement: Back Side of the MoonPatients will be screened and enrolled at the ICU. Extraordinary measurements concerning nutritional status will be performed, to investigate whether patients at the ICU actually meet their nutritional needs. The same patients as above will be followed up, once discharge from ICU to a low-care ward has taken place. From there, they will be followed up until discharge from the hospital. The procedures are the same as in the ICU. The results obtained at the low-care ward will be compared to those from the ICU. 6 months after hospital discharge, morbidity and mortality will be assessed. A substudy of included COVID-19 positive patients will be analysed and compared to non COVID-19 patients. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- ≥ 7 days ICU stay
- ≥ 7 days hospital stay
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- < 7 days ICU stay
- metabolic disease
- restriction on nutritional therapy due to comorbid disease
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Back Side of the MoonThe procedures are: several measurements will be performed, including some which are not part of the Standard Operating Procedure, hence causing it to be considered interventional. Follow-up during consultation on pneumology until max. 6 months post-admission on the ICU. | Dietary supplement | Back Side of the Moon |
Primary outcome
Morbidity
Time frame: 6 months after hospital discharge
Morbidity
1 secondary outcome
Mortality
Time frame: 6 months after hospital discharge
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Oct 2021.
- Background: PubMed 25886997Preiser JC, van Zanten AR, Berger MM, Biolo G, Casaer MP, Doig GS, Griffiths RD, Heyland DK, Hiesmayr M, Iapichino G, Laviano A, Pichard C, Singer P, Van den Berghe G, Wernerman J, Wischmeyer P, Vincent JL. Metabolic and nutritional support of critically ill patients: consensus and controversies. Crit Care. 2015 Jan 29;19(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s13054-015-0737-8.
- Background: PubMed 29297385Wischmeyer PE. Tailoring nutrition therapy to illness and recovery. Crit Care. 2017 Dec 28;21(Suppl 3):316. doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1906-8.
- Background: PubMed 27637833Bendavid I, Singer P, Theilla M, Themessl-Huber M, Sulz I, Mouhieddine M, Schuh C, Mora B, Hiesmayr M. NutritionDay ICU: A 7 year worldwide prevalence study of nutrition practice in intensive care. Clin Nutr. 2017 Aug;36(4):1122-1129. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.07.012. Epub 2016 Aug 9.
- Background: PubMed 29443395Caccialanza R, Constans T, Cotogni P, Zaloga GP, Pontes-Arruda A. Subcutaneous Infusion of Fluids for Hydration or Nutrition: A Review. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2018 Feb;42(2):296-307. doi: 10.1177/0148607116676593. Epub 2017 Dec 20.
- Background: PubMed 29518266Lim ML, Yong BYP, Mar MQM, Ang SY, Chan MM, Lam M, Chong NCJ, Lopez V. Caring for patients on home enteral nutrition: Reported complications by home carers and perspectives of community nurses. J Clin Nurs. 2018 Jul;27(13-14):2825-2835. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14347. Epub 2018 Apr 22.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Described in the study contract by the main sponsor: Upon completion of the Study, the INSTITUTION and INVESTIGATOR will seek to publish the results of the Study in a peer-reviewed literature. BAXTER Confidential Information shall not be disclosed without prior written permission from BAXTER. For purposes of this Agreement, "Publication" shall mean any paper, article, manuscript, report, poster, internet posting, presentation slides, abstract outline, video, instructional material, presentation (in the form of a written summary), or other public disclosure of the results of the Study, in printed, electronic, oral or other form.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Elisabeth De Waele, PhD principal investigator
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Back Side of the Moon in people with Nutritional Deficiency and Hospitalism, run by Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel at 1 site in Belgium.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Oct 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Belgium. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Morbidity (time frame: 6 months after hospital discharge). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03724045, which also lists 5 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Oct 2021.