Overview
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.
Description
The study will collect data in 50 children and adults over a period of 28 days. Gastrointestinal tolerance will be collected over 7 days and formula intake will be over 28 days. A patient satisfaction questionnaire will be completed at the end of the study.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients from 1 -15 years for children and 15 years and above for adults of requiring 1 or more bolus tube feed alongside their usual tube feed or home-made blended diet as part of their dietary management for disease related malnutrition.
- Patients well-established and stable on current enteral tube feed or home-made blended diet.
- Gastrostomy fed only.
- Willingly given, written, informed consent from patient/caregiver
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to comply with the study protocol, in the opinion of the investigator.
- Under 1 years of age
- Patients who have a nasogastric and jejunal feeding tubes
- Patients on total parenteral nutrition
- Known food allergies to any ingredients listed in appendix 1.
- Patients with significant renal or hepatic impairment
- Participation in another interventional study within 2 weeks of this study.
- Patients with known or suspected ileus or mechanical bowel obstruction