Status:

COMPLETED

Tube Feeding in Children Having a Bone Marrow Transplant

Lead Sponsor:

Institute of Child Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Conditions:

Bone Marrow Disease

Stem Cell Transplant Complications

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-13 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the problems and a range of nutritional and clinical outcomes that occur with two feeding tubes used by children having a bone marrow transplant. Children and pa...

Detailed Description

Background: Bone marrow transplant (BMT) is the only potentially curative treatment for children with malignant and non-malignant diseases. Chemotherapy provided during BMT causes side-effects includi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Admitted to the centre during the study period for an allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) for any diagnosis.
  • Receiving any conditioning regimen, donor type and stem cell source.
  • Children admitted for their second or more BMT.
  • Children admitted on an established enteral tube feeding regimen.
  • NHS patients.

Exclusion

  • Children receiving first-line, prophylactic, parenteral nutrition as this is not the standard nutrition pathway of most children receiving BMT at the centre. This is usually given in specific circumstances such as children receiving cord blood transplants or those with gastrointestinal diseases.
  • Autologous BMT, including children receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T).
  • No feeding tube placed and no nutrition support required from tube feeding or parenteral nutrition. Children rarely do not require any form of nutrition support.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 15 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

43 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04804631

Start Date

March 15 2021

End Date

May 1 2023

Last Update

April 4 2024

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Great Ormond Street Hospital

London, United Kingdom, WC1N3JH