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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03160547




Registration number
NCT03160547
Ethics application status
Date submitted
17/05/2017
Date registered
19/05/2017
Date last updated
28/03/2022

Titles & IDs
Public title
The Effect of Higher Protein Dosing in Critically Ill Patients
Scientific title
The Effect of Higher Protein Dosing in Critically Ill Patients: A Multicenter Registry-based Randomized Trial
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
The EFFORT Trial
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
EFFORT
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Critical Illness 0 0
Malnutrition 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Devices - Test use

Treatment: Devices: Test use
Use of home ovulation test to predict ovulation
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Devices
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
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 ventilation >48 hours
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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 screening
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 the high protein dose group.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Other
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
21/11/2017
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
3/12/2021
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
1329
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
Clinical Evaluation Research Unit at Kingston General Hospital
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Daren K Heyland, MD
Address 0 0
Clinical Evaluation Research Unit
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03160547