NCT07630090Not yet recruitingPhase 4
Gastric Feeding for the Prevention of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia
Comparing Early Post-pyloric Feeding Versus Gastric Feeding for the Prevention of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia in Patients With Severe Ischemic Stroke
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This randomized controlled trial aims to compare the effectiveness of early post-pyloric feeding versus gastric feeding in preventing SAP in patients with severe ischemic stroke. The main question to answer is whether post-pyloric feeding group is better than the gastric feeding group for preventing SAP.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 174 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 27 May 2026
- Start date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Primary completion date
- 16 Jun 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Jinling Hospital, China
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT07630090
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
- Planned participants: 174
- From 15 Jun 2026 to the primary completion date, 16 Jun 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- High risk of gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation
- Advanced malignant tumor
Other
- Diagnosed with pneumonia upon admission
- Intestinal obstruction or gastrointestinal obstruction
- Severe liver or kidney dysfunction
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Refusal to participate in the study
Who the study is looking for
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Diagnosis of severe ischemic stroke, with NIHSS score \> 16 \[15-16\]
- Confirmed dysphagia via swallowing assessment (Kubota Water Swallowing Test ≥ grade 3, or confirmed aspiration risk by FEES/VFSS)
- Time from onset to enrollment ≤ 72 hours
- Expected survival ≥ 7 days
- Non-mechanically ventilated patients
- Signed informed consent from patient or legal representative.
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanjing | China | Unknown status |
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