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ong-term monitoring of children with intestinal failure

Recruiting
Conditions
Intestinal failure
body composition
growth
bone health.
Registration Number
NL-OMON27840
Lead Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Center - Sophia Children's Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
62
Inclusion Criteria

Children, newly diagnosed with intestinal failure in the Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital. Three groups of children will be included:

1. Children with congenital gastro-intestinal anomalies with involvement of the small intestine, independent of expected use of parenteral nutrition.

Exclusion Criteria

Participating in an intervention study, interfering with primary outcome of this study.

Absence of written informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Body composition measured, defined by %BF<br>Parenteral nutrition (time-weighted area under the curve for % of total kilocalories provided by parenteral nutrition and duration of PN)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Growth, defined by weight, length, head circumference and calculated SD scores. Mid-upper arm circumference scores.<br>Bone health, defined by bone mineral density (g/cm2), bone mineral content (g) and bone mineral apparent density (g/cm3), bone age and bone health index. <br>
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