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Tube Feeding in Children Having a Bone Marrow Transplant

NCT04804631 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2024-04-04

No results posted yet for this study

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 parents will also be interviewed to ask about their experiences of tube feeding.

Conditions

  • Bone Marrow Disease
  • Stem Cell Transplant Complications
  • Enteral Feeding Intolerance
  • Gastrostomy
  • Gastrostomy Complications
  • Experiences, Life

Interventions

DEVICE

Enteral feeding tubes

Families within Great Ormond Street Hospital are offered the choice of two enteral feeding tubes prior to admission for bone marrow transplant. Some families choose a gastrostomy to be placed prophylactically in the weeks prior to admission, others choose a nasogastric tube to be placed during the admission.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • Institute of Child Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Faith Gibson, Professor · Great Ormond Street Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-15
Primary Completion
2023-05-01
Completion
2023-05-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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