Vegetarian Tube Feed Study
Tube feed
Acceptability (Including Gastrointestinal Tolerance, Compliance) of a Vegetarian Paediatric Enteral Tube Feed With Food Derived Ingredients.
2 other identifiers
interventional
25
0 countries
N/A
Brief Summary
This is a single arm, prospective, single-centre study to evaluate the gastrointestinal tolerance and compliance over a 28-day period using a tube feed with food derived ingredients.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Mar 2026
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 8, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 30, 2026
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
March 30, 2026
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 7, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 22, 2026
March 12, 2026
March 1, 2026
5 months
January 8, 2026
March 11, 2026
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Gastrointestinal tolerance and formula intake
Daily gastrointestinal tolerance measured using a 4 point Likert scale of none, mild, moderate, severe symptoms over days.
From enrolment to end of study over 28 days
Formula volume intake in mL
Formula intake measured daily in mLs over 28 days.
From enrolment to end of study over 28 days
Study Arms (1)
Children will act as their own control for the nutritional product
EXPERIMENTALGastrointestinal tolerance and daily formula intake over 28 days.
Interventions
500ml tube feed to be provided daily over 28 days.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Patients from 1 -15 years requiring more than 50% of energy from tube feeding or to take alongside home-made blended diet as part of their dietary management for disease related malnutrition.
- Patients well-established and stable on current nutritional support regimen. Willingly given, written, informed consent from patient/caregiver
You may not qualify if:
- No established tube feed.
- Inability to comply with the study protocol, in the opinion of the investigator.
- Under 1 years of age
- Patients on parenteral nutrition
- Known food allergies, including to any ingredients listed in appendix 1.
- Participation in another interventional study within 2 weeks of this study.
- Patients with known or suspected ileus or mechanical bowel obstruction
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Dr Graeme O'Connor, PHD
Great Ormond Street Hospital Nutrition and Dietetics Department
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 8, 2026
First Posted
January 30, 2026
Study Start
March 30, 2026
Primary Completion (Estimated)
September 7, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
December 22, 2026
Last Updated
March 12, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-03
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share