# Early Versus Delayed Enteral Feeding to Treat People With Acute Lung Injury or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (The EDEN Study)

> **NCT00883948** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)** · enrollment: 1000 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Minimal (Trophic) Feeding
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Full Feeding

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00883948
- **Lead sponsor:** National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-12
- **Primary completion:** 2011-03
- **Final completion:** 2011-05
- **Target enrollment:** 1000 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2016-04-13


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00883948

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00883948, "Early Versus Delayed Enteral Feeding to Treat People With Acute Lung Injury or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (The EDEN Study)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-08-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00883948. Licensed CC0.

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