Hope for Tube-Fed kids: drug trial aims to help them eat normally

NCT ID NCT03815019

Summary

This study tested whether a short course of a medication called megestrol could help children who are dependent on feeding tubes learn to eat by mouth. About 70 children, aged 9 months to 9 years, received either the medication or a placebo alongside a 24-week behavioral feeding program. Researchers measured how many children could get most of their calories from food by mouth, checked for side effects, and looked at changes in child and parent quality of life.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children

    Orlando, Florida, 32806, United States

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Children's Mercy Hospital

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

  • Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

  • Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

  • Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

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