Teaching parents about food may boost growth in kids after heart surgery
NCT ID NCT04903964
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether giving personalized nutrition training to mothers of children with congenital heart disease helps their kids grow better after heart surgery. The training covered feeding from birth to age 3, including breastfeeding and starting solid foods. Researchers measured weight and height in 42 children to see if the training 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
- family-centered nutrition education
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that teaching families about nutrition helps children with heart disease grow better after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 42 participants, so results may not apply to all children. It tests education, not a drug or treatment.
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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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42 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Sep 2021
- 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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30 days to 3 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Congenital heart disease, * Born on time (38-42 weeks) * Over 2.300 gr. * fed with additional nutritional support to oral and oral nutrition, * Decided to have surgery, * 0-3 years old, * The children and their families who were followed up in the post-operative service were included. Exclusion criteria: * No congenital heart disease * Not planned to have surgery, * over 3 years old, * Children with additional congenital malformation, dysmorphic syndrome, chromosomal disease, severe infection, hypothyroidism and similar disorders that may cause growth and development retardation were excluded from the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Çukurova Üniversitesi Balcalı Hastanesi
Adana, Turkey (Türkiye)