New device aims to cut IV nutrition needs for intestinal failure patients
NCT ID NCT04577456
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a device that collects waste from an opening in the belly and returns it to the lower intestine. The goal was to see if it could reduce the amount of IV nutrition needed by at least half. 44 adults with intestinal failure and a fistula or double stoma took part. The device is meant to help manage the condition, not cure it.
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Study facts
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- 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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44 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 21 years * Able to provide written informed consent * Dependent on parenteral nutrition (PN) * DES/ECF with exposed afferent and efferent limbs visible on the abdominal wall * Minimum of 2 weeks post DES/ECF creation * Distal limb of DES/ECF opening can be intubated by a minimum 24Fr feeding tube (dilatation of orifice strictures is allowable) Exclusion Criteria: * Insufficient distal access channel (distal limb) for device insertion * Bowel obstruction proximal to the DES/ECF * Small bowel obstruction, anastomotic leak, or perforation distal to the DES/ECF (diagnostic procedure such as gastrografin test, fistulograms, or similar must be performed, if there is a distal anastomosis with integrity not previously evaluated, to ensure that the subject is eligible) * Scheduled for DES/ECF reversal within 4 weeks of enrolment date * Current infection with Clostridium difficile colitis * Current infection small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) * Signs or symptoms of systemic infection * Pre-existing gastrointestinal motility disorders including slow transit constipation, outlet obstruction, fecal incontinence, and gastroparesis * Metabolic, neurogenic, or endocrine disorders known to cause colonic dysmotility, e.g., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, hypothyroidism * Known peritoneal metastatic disease prior to DES/ECF closure (acceptable if only discovered at time of closure) * Liver cirrhosis * Hereditary coagulopathy, e.g., von Willebrand disease * Severe chronic renal insufficiency prior to DES/ECF formation (eGFR\<30mL/min/1.73m2) * Active implantable medical devices such as neuromodulation and cardiac systems * Metal stents implanted within 20cm of expected use of the controller * Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding * Subjects participating in an interventional clinical study within 30 days prior to randomization
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nottingham University Hospital
Nottingham, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom
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Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
Exeter, EX2 5DW, United Kingdom
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Royal Victoria Hospital
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
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Salford Royal Hospital
Manchester, M6 8HD, United Kingdom
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Shands Hospital
Gainesville, Florida, 32611, United States
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St James's Hospital
Leeds, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
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St Mark's Hospital
London, NW107NS, United Kingdom
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University Hospital Southampton
Southampton, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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University Illinois
Chicago, Illinois, 60607, United States
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University Miami Hospital and Clinics
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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University Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska, 68198, United States
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