Actively Recruiting
Acceptability and Tolerance Study of Bolus Tube Feed With Food Blends
Led by Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN) · Updated on 2026-01-14
50
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
48 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Acceptability and Tolerance Study of Bolus Tube Feed With Food Blends
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients aged 1 year and above (children 1-15 years, adults 15 years and older) requiring one or more bolus tube feed alongside their usual tube feed or home-made blended diet for disease-related malnutrition
- Patients who are stable and well-established on their current enteral tube feed or home-made blended diet
- Patients fed through a gastrostomy tube only
- Written informed consent given by the patient or caregiver
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to comply with the study protocol as judged by the investigator
- Younger than 1 year old
- Patients with nasogastric or jejunal feeding tubes
- Patients receiving total parenteral nutrition
- Known food allergies to any ingredients in the study formula
- Patients with significant kidney or liver problems
- Participation in another interventional study within 2 weeks prior to this study
- Known or suspected ileus or mechanical bowel obstruction
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Queen Medical Hospital Nutrition and Dietetics
Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG7 2UH
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Dietetic Team 1st floor Kings Court 1, Charles Hastings Way,
Worcester, United Kingdom, WR5 1JR
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
S
Sharan Saduera, BSc (Hons) Dietetics
CONTACT
S
Sarah Durnan, PHD, BSc Nutrition Dietetics
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
1
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