Feeding tube size may impact Kids' recovery: new study investigates
NCT ID NCT07300865
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two sizes of gastrostomy tubes (12 Fr vs 14 Fr) in 200 children to see if tube thickness affects complications like infection, pain, and leakage. Families and healthcare workers will report issues three months after surgery. The goal is to find out if a thinner tube leads to fewer problems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gastrostomy tube (12 Fr or 14 Fr size)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors choose the best tube size to reduce complications in children needing feeding tubes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on short-term outcomes. Results may not apply to all children or longer time frames.
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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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2030
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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Up to 15 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: * Scheduled for laparoscopic gastrostomy at Dep Pediatric Surgery Uppsala Akademiska University Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Any specific reasons to avoid one size or the other (children who are supposed to get mixed food or a special medication that can obstruate the tube will recieve a thicker tube)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Barnkirurgi/Pediatric surgery
RECRUITINGUppsala, 75185, Sweden
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