TY - JOUR
T1 - Replacing protein via enteral nutrition in a stepwise approach in critically ill patients
T2 - the REPLENISH randomized clinical trial protocol
AU - Arabi, Yaseen M
AU - Al-Dorzi, Hasan M
AU - Sadat, Musharaf
AU - Muharib, Dina
AU - Algethamy, Haifa
AU - Al-Hameed, Fahad
AU - Mady, Ahmed
AU - AlGhamdi, Adnan
AU - Almekhlafi, Ghaleb A
AU - Al-Fares, Abdulrahman A
AU - Kharaba, Ayman
AU - Al Bshabshe, Ali
AU - Maghrabi, Khalid
AU - Al Ghamdi, Khalid
AU - Rasool, Ghulam
AU - Chalabi, Jamal
AU - AlHumedi, Haifaa Ibrahim
AU - Sakkijha, Maram Hasan
AU - Alamrey, Norah Khalid
AU - Alhutail, Rabeah Hamad
AU - Sifaoui, Kaouthar
AU - Almaani, Mohammed
AU - Alqahtani, Rakan
AU - Qureshi, Ahmad S
AU - Hejazi, Mohammed Moneer
AU - Arishi, Hatim
AU - AlQahtani, Samah
AU - Ghazi, Amro Mohamed
AU - Baaziz, Saleh T
AU - Azhar, Abeer Othman
AU - Alabbas, Sara Fahad
AU - AlAqeely, Mohammed
AU - AlOrabi, Ohoud
AU - Al-Mutawa, Aliaa
AU - AlOtaibi, Maha
AU - Aldibaasi, Omar
AU - Jose, Jesna
AU - Starkopf, Joel
AU - Preiser, Jean-Charles
AU - Perner, Anders
AU - Al-Dawood, Abdulaziz
AU - Saudi Critical Care Trials Group
N1 - © 2023. The Author(s).
PY - 2023/7/30
Y1 - 2023/7/30
N2 - BACKGROUND: Protein intake is recommended in critically ill patients to mitigate the negative effects of critical illness-induced catabolism and muscle wasting. However, the optimal dose of enteral protein remains unknown. We hypothesize that supplemental enteral protein (1.2 g/kg/day) added to standard enteral nutrition formula to achieve high amount of enteral protein (range 2-2.4 g/kg/day) given from ICU day 5 until ICU discharge or ICU day 90 as compared to no supplemental enteral protein to achieve moderate amount enteral protein (0.8-1.2 g/kg/day) would reduce all-cause 90-day mortality in adult critically ill mechanically ventilated patients.METHODS: The REPLENISH (Replacing Protein Via Enteral Nutrition in a Stepwise Approach in Critically Ill Patients) trial is an open-label, multicenter randomized clinical trial. Patients will be randomized to the supplemental protein group or the control group. Patients in both groups will receive the primary enteral formula as per the treating team, which includes a maximum protein 1.2 g/kg/day. The supplemental protein group will receive, in addition, supplemental protein at 1.2 g/kg/day starting the fifth ICU day. The control group will receive the primary formula without supplemental protein. The primary outcome is 90-day all-cause mortality. Other outcomes include functional and quality of life assessments at 90 days. The trial will enroll 2502 patients.DISCUSSION: The study has been initiated in September 2021. Interim analysis is planned at one third and two thirds of the target sample size. The study is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04475666 . Registered on July 17, 2020.
AB - BACKGROUND: Protein intake is recommended in critically ill patients to mitigate the negative effects of critical illness-induced catabolism and muscle wasting. However, the optimal dose of enteral protein remains unknown. We hypothesize that supplemental enteral protein (1.2 g/kg/day) added to standard enteral nutrition formula to achieve high amount of enteral protein (range 2-2.4 g/kg/day) given from ICU day 5 until ICU discharge or ICU day 90 as compared to no supplemental enteral protein to achieve moderate amount enteral protein (0.8-1.2 g/kg/day) would reduce all-cause 90-day mortality in adult critically ill mechanically ventilated patients.METHODS: The REPLENISH (Replacing Protein Via Enteral Nutrition in a Stepwise Approach in Critically Ill Patients) trial is an open-label, multicenter randomized clinical trial. Patients will be randomized to the supplemental protein group or the control group. Patients in both groups will receive the primary enteral formula as per the treating team, which includes a maximum protein 1.2 g/kg/day. The supplemental protein group will receive, in addition, supplemental protein at 1.2 g/kg/day starting the fifth ICU day. The control group will receive the primary formula without supplemental protein. The primary outcome is 90-day all-cause mortality. Other outcomes include functional and quality of life assessments at 90 days. The trial will enroll 2502 patients.DISCUSSION: The study has been initiated in September 2021. Interim analysis is planned at one third and two thirds of the target sample size. The study is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04475666 . Registered on July 17, 2020.
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U2 - 10.1186/s13063-023-07507-6
DO - 10.1186/s13063-023-07507-6
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37518058
SN - 1745-6215
VL - 24
JO - Trials
JF - Trials
IS - 1
M1 - 485
ER -