New tube feeding formula aims to ease digestive troubles
NCT ID NCT05429853
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether switching to a high-energy, high-protein tube feeding formula (Sondalis HP 2 kcal) improves digestive comfort and quality of life in adults who have trouble tolerating their current home tube feeding. Seventeen adults on home enteral nutrition took the formula for two months. The main goal was to see if digestive symptoms like bloating, nausea, and stomach pain got better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sondalis HP 2 kcal (a high-energy, high-protein dietary supplement with or without fiber)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that switching to this formula helps reduce digestive discomfort and improves quality of life for people on home tube feeding.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, early study (17 participants) that was terminated, so results may be incomplete. The findings may not apply to all patients on enteral nutrition.
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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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17 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Finished
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May 2024
- 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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18 years and older
- 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: * Men or women aged ≥18 years, * Being under EN with polymeric HPHE product with or without fibre (=HPHE), * Stable caloric prescription during HEN for at least one month, * Patient with at least a score of 2 on at least 1 item of tolerance questionnaire, * Investigators' judgement to change to HPHE concentrated, * HEN is planned for ≥ 8 weeks, * Life expectancy ≥ 3 months. * Patient or his/her primary caregiver was required to be able to understand the study and to be fully free to participate in it, * Patient having signed an informed consent, * Patient registered with a social security scheme, * Patient willing to adhere to study procedures, Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breastfeeding, * Being either under PN or ONS, * Acute intestinal disease such as gastric ulcer, gastritis, gastroparesis, * Patient under prokinetic agents during the study phase, * Patient receiving antibiotic, chemotherapy in the 7 days prior to inclusion, * Patient receiving radiation treatment except head and neck location, * Patient expected to receive chemotherapy or radiation treatment during the study except head and neck location , * Severe infectious disease and/or fever \> 38,5°C, * Emergent hospitalization within last month, * Known allergy or intolerance to any of the Sondalis® HP 2kcal with or without fibre ingredients, * Previous treatment with HPHE concentrated at home (2kcal), * Current participation in another intervention study or participation in a previous study for which exclusion period applies. * Non-compliance with prescription and administration modalities as suspected by investigator and/or by home care provider dietitian
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Claude Huriez
Lille, France
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Hôpital de l'Archet
Nice, France
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