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Can a breath test improve nutrition for ICU patients with obesity?
NCT ID NCT06053216
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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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (≥ 18 years) patients * Body mass index ≥30 kg/m2 * Between day 3 and 6 of index ICU admission * Receiving invasive mechanical ventilation * Receiving enteral or parenteral nutrition Exclusion Criteria: * Receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support * Major burns (≥20% total body surface area) * Unable to perform indirect calorimetry within 24 hours of randomisation * Known pregnancy * Death is imminent * Treating clinician believes the study is not in the best interest of the patient
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ballarat Base Hospital, Grampians Health
Ballarat Central, Victoria, 3550, Australia
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Blacktown Hospital
Blacktown, New South Wales, 2148, Australia
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Department of Critical Care Medicine, Auckland City Hospital
Auckland, 1023, New Zealand
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia
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The Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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