Study of Tolerance and Acceptance of Bolus Tube Feeding With Food Blends in Children and Adults for Nutritional Management of Disease-Related Malnutrition

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are evaluating the acceptability, gastrointestinal tolerance, and compliance of a bolus tube feed with food blends for children and adults who require enteral feeding due to conditions such as short bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, total gastrectomy, dysphagia, bowel fistulae, feeding intolerances, developmental disabilities, and disease-related malnutrition. This prospective study aims to collect data on how well patients tolerate and adhere to this dietary management over 28 days. Participants will use the bolus tube feed alongside their usual tube feed or homemade blended diet. The study involves a 7-day period of monitoring gastrointestinal tolerance and a 28-day period of recording formula intake. Each participant acts as their own control, and the study will include up to 50 children and adults who are gastrostomy fed and stable on their current feeding regimen. During the study, participants will be assessed for gastrointestinal tolerance over one week and will keep daily records of formula intake for four weeks. At the end of the study, a patient satisfaction questionnaire will be completed to gather feedback. Researchers will monitor adherence and collect data to evaluate the formulas acceptability and tolerance in the target population.

Acceptability and Tolerance Study of Bolus Tube Feed With Food Blends