Infant & Toddler Short Gut Feeding Outcomes Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 58
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Retrospective data
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to better understand why children with short gut develop feeding problems.
Detailed Description
We seek to identify characteristics of our patients' histories that are associated with feeding problems in the context of availability of early prophylactic occupational therapy. We plan to review our most recent four years' experience in children with short gut syndrome with onset in early infancy who initially required home parenteral nutrition to identify risk factors or clusters of risk factors associated with food aversion.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Case Only
- Time Perspective
- Other
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 3 Months to 6 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients seen in home-TPN clinic since July of 2008 with:
- •Intestinal failure
- •Short gut
- •Onset < 3 months of age
- •Received home parenteral nutrition following initial hospital discharge
- •Less than 7 years of age at time of study
- •Must have at least 1 parent/legal guradian willing to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not seen in home TPN clinic
- •Short gut with onset >3 months
- •No parents/legal guradians willing to participate in the study
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Retrospective data
Time Frame: up to 1 year
Data will be reviewed starting at the patient's birth. We will only be looking at patients who have been seen in the clinic since July 1, 2008; some of these will have medical records going back as early as 2006. We will continue to collect future data for up to 1 year from the beginning of data collection.
Secondary Outcomes
- Validated Questionnaires(2 hours)
Investigators
Russell Merritt
Medical Director, Nutritional Support Team and Intestinal Rehabilitation
Children's Hospital Los Angeles