# Ketosis, Immune Function and Metabolic Adaptation in Response to Short-term Fasting in Critical Illness

> **NCT07738536** · NA · NOT_YET_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Karolinska University Hospital** · enrollment: 200 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Critical Illness
- Fasting State
- Ketosis
- Nutrition

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Delayed nutrition
- **OTHER:** Standard nutrition
- **OTHER:** Fasting

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT07738536
- **Lead sponsor:** Karolinska University Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2026-08-31
- **Primary completion:** 2027-07-31
- **Final completion:** 2027-07-31
- **Target enrollment:** 200 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07738536

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT07738536, "Ketosis, Immune Function and Metabolic Adaptation in Response to Short-term Fasting in Critical Illness". Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-20 from https://api.morvs.ai/clinical/NCT07738536. Licensed CC0.

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