Can tailored nutrition and exercise after ICU boost recovery?
NCT ID NCT06581939
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a personalized program of nutrition and physical activity, started early in the ICU and continued at home, helps people recover better after being on a breathing machine and heart-support drugs. 830 adults will be randomly assigned to either this program or usual care. The main goal is to see how far they can walk in 6 minutes, 6 months later.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- individualized rehabilitation program combining nutritional therapy, physiotherapy, and physical activity
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a standard rehab program to help ICU survivors recover faster and better after a serious illness.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large trial, but the intervention is complex and depends on patient adherence. Results may not apply to all ICU patients, and the program requires significant resources.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 830 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) started in the ICU within the past 24 h, or started before ICU admission with ICU admission within the past 24 h, and expected to be required for at least 48 hours after randomization * Treatment with a vasoactive agent for shock (adrenaline, dobutamine, or noradrenaline) * Nutritional support expected to be started within 24 h after intubation (or within 24 h after ICU admission if intubation occurred before ICU admission) * Age 18 or older * Patient and/or next-of-kin informed about the trial and having consented to participation in the trial. If the patient is unable to receive information and no next-of-kin can be contacted during screening for the trial, trial inclusion will be completed as an emergency procedure by the ICU physician, in compliance with French law. * Covered by the French public health-insurance system Exclusion Criteria: * MV started more than 24 hours earlier * Specific nutritional needs, such as pre-existing long-term home enteral or parenteral nutrition for chronic bowel disease * Dying patient, do-not-resuscitate order, or other treatment- limitation decision at ICU admission * Social circumstances hindering follow-up and telephone/video consultations (no fixed address, non-European residence) * Inability to provide a stable personal mobile phone number (temporary number or not in the owner's name) * Communication difficulties via telephone or video consultation (pre-existing severe hearing or visual impairment) * Pre-existing chronic illness with life expectancy \<6 months * Pre-existing cognitive impairment * Pre-existing spinal injury * Inability to walk before the critical illness * Acute or chronic neuromuscular disease * Brain injury, e.g., due to cardiac arrest, stroke, or severe trauma * Pregnancy, recent delivery, or lactation * Adult under guardianship * Correctional facility inmate * Institutionalized patient * Prior inclusion in a randomized trial designed to compare rehabilitation programs delivered to patients during critical illness
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
52 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH d'Albi
RECRUITINGAlbi, 81013, France
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CH d'Angoulème
RECRUITINGAngoulême, 16959, France
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CH d'Annecy Genevois
RECRUITINGÉpagny, 74370, France
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CH d'Argenteuil
RECRUITINGArgenteuil, 95100, France
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CH d'Haguenau
RECRUITINGHaguenau, 67504, France
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CH d'Orléans
RECRUITINGOrléans, 45100, France
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CH de Belfort
RECRUITINGBelfort, 90015, France
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CH de Béthune
RECRUITINGBéthune, 62408, France
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CH de Cholet
RECRUITINGCholet, 49325, France
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CH de Dieppe
RECRUITINGDieppe, 76202, France
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CH de Lens
RECRUITINGLens, 62300, France
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CH de Lomme
RECRUITINGLomme, 59462, France
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CH de Lorient
RECRUITINGLorient, 56100, France
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CH de Saint-Brieuc
RECRUITINGSaint-Brieuc, 22027, France
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CH de Saint-Malo
RECRUITINGSt-Malo, 35403, France
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CH de Valenciennes
RECRUITINGValenciennes, 59322, France
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CH de Vannes
RECRUITINGVannes, 56017, France
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CH de Vendée
RECRUITINGLa Roche-sur-Yon, 85925, France
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CH de Verdun
RECRUITINGVerdun, 55100, France
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CH du Mans
RECRUITINGLe Mans, 72037, France
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CHRU de Lille
RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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CHU d'Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, 80054, France
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CHU d'Amiens - Site Sud
RECRUITINGAmiens, 80054, France
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CHU d'Angers
RECRUITINGAngers, 49933, France
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CHU de Besançon
RECRUITINGBesançon, 25030, France
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CHU de Bordeaux - Hôpital Pellegrin
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33000, France
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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, 63003, France
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CHU de Dijon
RECRUITINGDijon, 21079, France
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CHU de Grenoble
RECRUITINGGrenoble, 38043, France
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CHU de Lyon
RECRUITINGLyon, 69437, France
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CHU de Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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CHU de Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, 44000, France
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CHU de Nice
RECRUITINGNice, 06200, France
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CHU de Nice - Hôpital Pasteur
RECRUITINGNice, 06100, France
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CHU de Reims
RECRUITINGReims, 51092, France
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CHU de Rennes
RECRUITINGRennes, 35033, France
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CHU de Rouen
RECRUITINGRouen, 76000, France
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CHU de Saint-Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Priest-en-Jarez, 42270, France
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CHU de Strasbourg - Hôpital de Hautepierre
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67200, France
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CHU de Strasbourg - Nouvel Hôpital Civil
RECRUITINGStrasbourg, 67091, France
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CHU de Tours
RECRUITINGTours, 37044, France
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Centre Hospitalier Sud Essonne
RECRUITINGÉtampes, 91150, France
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Centre Hospitalier William Morey
RECRUITINGChalon-sur-Saône, 71100, France
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Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Nazaire
RECRUITINGSaint-Nazaire, 44600, France
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Hôpital Cochin - AP-HP
RECRUITINGParis, 75014, France
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Hôpital Delafontaine
RECRUITINGSaint-Denis, 93200, France
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Hôpital Foch
RECRUITINGSuresnes, 92150, France
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Hôpital Raymond Poincaré - AP-HP
RECRUITINGGarches, 92380, France
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Hôpital Saint-Louis - AP-HP
RECRUITINGParis, 75010, France
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Hôpital Tenon - AP-HP
RECRUITINGParis, 75970, France
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Hôpital de Bicêtre - AP-HP
RECRUITINGLe Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275, France
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Hôpital la Pitié-Salpétrière - AP-HP
RECRUITINGParis, 75651, France
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