Feeding Trial in Pediatric Patients

Nestlé

Status: Completed

Conditions: Developmental Disabilities

Treatments: Other: enteral formula

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01469117

11.03.US.HCN

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a single center, prospective, non-randomized, uncontrolled, observational study of the use of an enteral nutrition product in pediatric patients with developmental disabilities.

Full description

This prospective observational study seeks to assess ability to achieve enteral feeding goals with a new tube feeding product in pediatric patients with developmental disabilities.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 13 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Child aged 1-13 years old with development disabilities
• Currently tolerating enteral feeding
• Requiring nutritional management to meet 50-90th% weight for age on the Kennedy Kreiger Growth Charts
• Requires enteral tube feeding for at least 14 days.

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to access gastrointestinal tract for feeding via tube
• Other condition which contraindicates tube feeding

Trial design

16 participants in 1 patient group

Pediatric developmental disabilities

Description:

Children aged 1-13 years old with development disabilities, requiring enteral tube feeding for at least 14 days

Treatment:

Other: enteral formula