New project aims to reduce risks of feeding tube insertion in kids
NCT ID NCT07038538
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This project involves 2,750 children across multiple hospitals to improve how nurses insert gastric tubes. The team will train nurses using the latest evidence-based methods to increase success rates and reduce complications. The goal is to make the procedure safer and more consistent for all hospitalized children needing tube feeding.
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 safer and more effective gastric tube placement procedures for hospitalized children, reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a quality improvement project, not a clinical trial testing a new treatment. Results may vary across hospitals and may not lead to lasting changes.
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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 2,750 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
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 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.
Nurse Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: Inclusion: * Nurses who hold a valid and legal nursing license. * Nurses who have at least 1 year of clinical nursing experience in pediatric care. Exclusion: * Nurses who are on leave or not on duty. * Nurses working in departments such as the operating room or intravenous compounding center, where nasogastric tube placement is not routinely performed. * Nurses who are in training or on internships. Pediatric Patient Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria: Inclusion: * Hospitalized children Aged 0-18 years. * Scheduled for nasogastric tube placement. * Parents or legal guardians have signed the informed consent form, agreeing to the child's participation in the study. Exclusion: * Presence of severe complications or unstable medical conditions. * Nasogastric tube is intended for gastrointestinal decompression, drainage, or venting.
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
22 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGHefei, China
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Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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Capital Center for Children's Health,Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
RECRUITINGChongqing, China
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Children's Hospital of Fudan University
RECRUITINGShanghai, Minhang, 201102, China
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Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
RECRUITINGNanjing, China
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Children's Hospital of Soochow University
RECRUITINGSuzhou, China
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Children's hospital,Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGZhejiang, China
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Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child-care Hospital/Gansu Provincial Central Hospital
RECRUITINGGansu, China
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Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center
RECRUITINGGuangdong, China
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Henan Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGHenan, China
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Hunan Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGHunan, China
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Jinan Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital
RECRUITINGJinan, China
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Kunming Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGKunming, China
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Peking University First Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, China
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Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGQingdao, China
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Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University
RECRUITINGShenyang, China
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Shenzhen Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGShenzhen, China
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The First Hospital of Jilin University
RECRUITINGJilin City, China
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The First People's Hospital of Urumqi (Urumqi Children's Hospital)
RECRUITINGÜrümqi, China
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Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College of HUST
RECRUITINGWuhan, China
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West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
RECRUITINGSichuan, China
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