PapersPMID:10369709
A double blind, randomised, controlled trial of glutamine supplementation in parenteral nutrition.
L-glutamineNo finding here moved its endpoint.
What did not
1 findingHow to read these marks →- No detected effect on hospital length of stay
very limitedreplicated ×2
“Median length of stay was 32 (23-52) days on glutamine, which was not significantly different from the control value of 35 (25-55) days.”
- Study
- RCT
- Participants
- 168
- Dose studied
- 20 g glutamine per day in parenteral feed, median eight daily feeds
- Population
- 168 patients clinically accepted for parenteral nutrition; 20 g glutamine replacing 3.8 g of nitrogen in the feed versus standard feed, minimum 11 g nitrogen/day in all
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- 168 patients clinically accepted for parenteral nutrition; free L-glutamine 20 g replacing 3.8 g of nitrogen in parenteral feeds
- Participants
- 168
- Comparator
- an active treatment / placebo
- Duration
- not reported
- Endpoints measured
- 5