Trial | NCT00999232  Report issue

Title

Assess the Effect of Erythromycin on the Rate of Success in Placement of a Self-propelled Feeding Tube

  • Phase

    Phase 4

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Completed No Results Posted

  • Intervention/Treatment

    erythromycin ...

  • Study Participants

    None
The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of erythromycin on the Rate of Success in Placement of a Self-propelled Feeding Tube.
Study Started
Oct 31
2004
Primary Completion
Jul 31
2007
Last Update
Jan 22
2010
Estimate

Drug Erythromycin

Subjects receive 4x250mg erythromycin i.v. daily after intubation of a self-propelled feeding tube

Drug Placebo

Subjects receive 4x placebo i.v. daily after intubation of a self-propelled feeding tube

Erythromycin Experimental

Placebo Placebo Comparator

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

Aged 18-80 years
Having pancreatitis
Require jejunal enteral nutrition

Exclusion Criteria:

Known impaired peristalsis (critically ill patients, postoperative patients, history of surgery of the stomach/duodenum)
Pregnancy
Hypersensibility to erythromycin
Cardiac arrhythmias with a prolonged QT-time
Simultaneous usage of drugs impairing peristalsis
No Results Posted