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PUSH-IT Continuing Enteral Feeds for Tracheostomy
Prevent Unnecessary Surgeon Holds of Ingestions for Tracheostomy (PUSH-IT)
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years or older * admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) * intubated and require tracheostomy Exclusion Criteria: * under 18 years * unable to obtain informed consent * deemed clinically brain dead within 7 days of enrollment * transitioned to comfort measures within 7 days of enrollment * Pregnant patients * Prisoners
About the study
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate nutrition administration in the time around the tracheostomy in patients with breathing tubes. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Will continuing nutrition up to the time of surgery (tracheostomy) decrease nutrition interruptions, thereby increasing food intake? * Does continuing nutrition up to the time of surgery increase instances of food going into the lungs or lung infections?
Researchers will compare patients who have nutrition withheld 6 hours prior to surgery versus those who receive nutrition up until the time of surgery to see if there are differences in food intake, instances of food entering the lungs or lung infections.
What is being tested
- Feeds continued (other)
- Feeds held (other)
Sponsor: State University of New York at Buffalo · Participants: 200 · Started: Feb 6, 2023
Contact the study team
- Eden Nohra, MD · Phone: 3144439727
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05906472
Locations in the U.S.
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.