To Evaluate the Acceptability (Including Gastro Intestinal Tolerance and Compliance) of a Low Calorie Peptide Based Paediatric Tube-feed Formula; for Children Greater Than 1 Year of Age.
To Evaluate the Acceptability (Including Gastro Intestinal Tolerance and Compliance) of a Low Calorie Peptide Based Paediatric Tube-feed Formula; for Children Greater Than 1 Year of Age.
This is an acceptability study to evaluate the gastrointestinal tolerance and compliance over a seven-day period, of a low calorie paediatric peptide based tube feed formula for the dietary management of participants with short bowel syndrome; intractable malabsorption; preoperative preparation of undernourished patients; inflammatory bowel disease; total gastrectomy; dysphagia; bowel fistulae;
The acceptability data from 15 participants will be collected in order to submit an application to the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS).
Patients well established and stable on a standard or peptide enteral tube feed will be changed to a low calorie paediatric formula for a period of seven days. This group will act as their own controls. Each child will receive for a period of seven days the paediatric formula.
The dietitian will determine the feeding regimen on an individual basis and the enteral formula will be provided via a feeding tube. A baseline questionnaire will be completed by the dietitian to ensure eligibility of study, current stool patterns or symptoms and weight at the start of the study.
The parents will complete a week intake chart to monitor how much feed has been consumed each day and a tolerance diary to review gastrointestinal symptoms at the start and end of the study.
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