1,223
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2005
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2011
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2012
Glutamine
0.35 gm/kg/day parenterally and 30 gms/day enterally
Antioxidants
500 micrograms of selenium/day parenterally and selenium 300 microgram, zinc 20 mg, beta carotene 10 mg, vitamine E 500 mg and vitamin C 1500 mg per day enterally
Glutamine + Antioxidants
0.35 g/kg/day glutamine parenterally and 30 g/day of glutamine enterally. 500 mcg selenium parenterally plus the following administered enterally: selenium 300 mcg, zing 20 mg, beta-carotene 10 mg, vitamin E 500 mg and vitamin C 1500mg
Placebo
Normal saline intravenously and EN placebo formula (from Fresenius Kabi, Germany)
University of Texas, Houston
University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
University of Louisville, Louisville
Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton
Univ. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora
Fletcher Allan Centre, Burlington
UZ Brussels, Brussels
Universitatsklinikum der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat, Greifswald
Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg Altona, Hamburg
Universitatsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Luebeck, Lübeck
University of Zurich, Zurich
University Hospital, Liège
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton
Grey Nun's Hospital, Edmonton, Edmonton
Vancouver Hospital, Vancouver
St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver
Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria
Victoria General Hospital, Victoria
St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg
Health Science Centre, Winnipeg
Capital Health Queen Elizabeth II HSC, Halifax
St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton
Kingston General Hospital, Kingston
London HSC Victoria Campus, ON, London
Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa
Ottawa Hospital Civic Hospital, Ottawa
Sunnybrook & Women's College, Toronto, Toronto
Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemount, Montreal
Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal
Montreal General, Montreal
Hopital de Sacre-Coeur, Montreal
Enfant-Jesus, Québec
CHUV, Lausanne
Collaborators (1)
Fresenius Kabi
INDUSTRY
Daren K. Heyland
OTHER