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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN63461816
Date of registration: 23/01/2004
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Public title: The effect of early enteral feeding in patients suffering severe head injury and requiring mechanical ventilation
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Date of first enrolment: 20/06/1994
Target sample size: 82
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN63461816
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial (Other)  
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Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Stephen    Taylor
Address:  North Bristol NHS Trust 7 Balmoral Court Mangotsfield BS16 9DA Bristol United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with severe head injury requiring mechanical ventilation
Exclusion criteria: Does not match inclusion criteria

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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Brain injury
Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
Other and unspecified injuries of head
Intervention(s)
1. Early jejunal enteral feeding
2. Standard gastric enteral feeding
Primary Outcome(s)
Neurological outcome (Glasgow Outcome Scale 4 or 5) was determined at 3 and 6 months post injury and the incidence of infective and total complications was determined for hospital admission.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary ID(s)
R/TAYLOR/293
Source(s) of Monetary Support
NHS Executive South West (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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