Acceptability and Tolerance Study of Bolus Tube Feed With Food Blends
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1+
SponsorSociété des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
About this trial
This is a prospective acceptability study to evaluate the gastrointestinal tolerance and compliance of a bolus tube feed over a 28 -day period for up to 50 participants.
The enteral bolus formula is for the dietary management of patients with short bowel syndrome; intractable malabsorption; preoperative preparation of undernourished patients; inflammatory bowel disease; total gastrectomy; dysphagia; bowel fistulae; feeding intolerances, developmental disabilities, and disease related malnutrition.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients from 1 -15 years for children and 15 years and above for adults of requiring 1 or more bolus tube feed alongside their usual tube feed or home-made blended diet as part of their dietary management for disease related malnutrition.
Patients well-established and stable on current enteral tube feed or home-made blended diet.
Gastrostomy fed only.
Willingly given, written, informed consent from patient/caregiver
Disqualifiers
Inability to comply with the study protocol, in the opinion of the investigator.
Under 1 years of age
Patients who have a nasogastric and jejunal feeding tubes
Patients on total parenteral nutrition
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Tube feed
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov