Feeding tube choice may affect stroke Patients' mood
NCT ID NCT06328894
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed trial looked at how two different feeding tubes affect the mental health of 156 stroke patients with swallowing problems. One group used a standard nasogastric tube, the other an intermittent oro-esophageal tube. Researchers measured anxiety, depression, and feelings of social isolation to see if the feeding method made a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Intermittent Oro-esophageal Tube vs Nasogastric Tube
- What this could lead to
- If one feeding method is better for mental health, it could improve stroke recovery care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with 156 participants. Results may not apply to all stroke patients, and the effect on mental health may be small.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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156 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age\>18 years. * Meeting the diagnostic criteria for ischemic stroke . * Dysphagia confirmed by Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study. * Clear consciousness. * Stable vital signs. Exclusion Criteria: * Dysphagia that might be caused by other diseases that might cause dysphagia, such as head and neck tumors, traumatic brain injury, myasthenia gravis, etc. * Complicated with severe liver and kidney failure, tumors, or hematological disorders. * Simultaneously in need to undergo other therapy that might affect the outcomes of this study. * Pregnant or nursing females.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of rehabilitation medicine, the first ZU hospital north campus
Zhenzhou, China
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Department of rehabilitation medicine, the first ZU hospital western campus
Zhenzhou, China
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