Can a breath test improve nutrition for ICU patients with obesity?

NCT ID NCT06053216

Completed Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested whether using a special breath test (indirect calorimetry) can help doctors give the right amount of nutrition to critically ill patients with obesity who are on breathing machines. The study involved 60 adults from intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand. The main goal was to see if this approach is practical and can be done consistently in a hospital setting.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Critical Illness Obesity obesity disorder

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

CRITICAL ILLNESS OBESITY

Contacts and locations

Locations

Ballarat Base Hospital, Grampians Health

Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3550, Australia
Blacktown Hospital

Blacktown, New South Wales, 2148, Australia
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland City Hospital

Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
The Alfred Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia

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