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Can a simple feeding change help sick kids get better nutrition?
NCT ID NCT05286177
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether adjusting tube feeding based on total daily volume, rather than a fixed hourly rate, helps critically ill children get more of the nutrition they need. The trial involves 20 children in the pediatric ICU and aims to see if this approach is practical for a larger future study. It does not test whether the method improves health outcomes directly.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a larger study that may improve how tube-fed children in intensive care receive nutrition, potentially helping them recover faster.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small feasibility trial with only 20 children, so it cannot prove any health benefits. The main goal is to see if the study methods work, not to test effectiveness.
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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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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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1 month to 18 years
- 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: * Children 1-month post-natal age to 18 years of age * Children anticipated by the intensivist or nurse practitioner to be admitted to the PICU for ≥ 48 hours * Children who will be initiated on EN support Exclusion Criteria: * Children will not be eligible for this study if they are palliative * Children who have contraindications to EN (i.e., a non-functional GI tract) * Children who are on parenteral nutrition * Children who are being fed by a bolus feed regime * Children who cannot progress past trophic feed volumes within 24 hours of EN initiation * Children anticipated to be admitted to PICU for \<48 hours
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, 73b6a8, Canada
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