Enterally fed adults and children who are assessed by the dietitian as requiring an adult high-energy, fibre-containing enteral formula will be recruited. Data from 15 participants are required in order to submit an application to the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) for product registration.
To evaluate the acceptability (including gastrointestinal tolerance and compliance) of a high energy, adult enteral formula with food-derived ingredients.This is a single arm, prospective, multi-centre study to evaluate the gastrointestinal tolerance and compliance over a 14-day period with the new tube feed. Participants or their caregivers will be provided with 14-day supply of the new tube feed and will be asked to complete a daily diary and short questionnaire to record information allowing assessment of the following: * Gastrointestinal tolerance * Compliance with prescribed feed volume
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
16
Patients well established and stable on an enteral tube feed. This group will act as their own controls and switched to the new tube feed.
Martha Van Der Linde
Worcester, United Kingdom
Daily patient diaries
Daily monitor of gastrointestinal tolerance using questionnaire on increase, decrease or no change
Time frame: 14 days
Daily formula intake
mL per day
Time frame: 14 days
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