Early Versus Delayed Enteral Feeding to Treat People With Acute Lung Injury or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (The EDEN Study)
Website: http://www.ardsnet.org/
Study Type:
Clinical Trial
Prepared on October 19, 2011
Consent: Proprietary Consent
Commercial Use Restrictions:
No
Collection Type: Proprietary Study
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Objectives
Prospective, Randomized, Multi-center Trial of Initial Trophic Enteral Feeding Followed by Advancement to Full- Calorie Enteral Feeding vs. Early Advancement to Full- Calorie Enteral Feeding in Patients with Acute Lung Injury (ALI) or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)). 1000 patients were followed to the earlier of 60 days or hospital discharge; vital status was ascertained at 180 days. The primary efficacy variable was ventilator-free days to study day 28. The OMEGA study was conducted in a subset of EDEN patients in a factorial design.