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Medical Nutrition Therapy for Medically Complex Infants in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting

United States200 participantsStarted 2018-07-01

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to compare standardized nutrition therapy provided by a registered dietitian (RD) at regularly scheduled intervals to usual care in terms of the ability to improve growth parameters in medically complex infants in the pediatric outpatient setting.

Who can participate

Age range2 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who are admitted between July, 2018 and June, 2019 to the Neonatal High-Risk Clinic (NHRC) and High Risk Children's Clinic (HRCC) at UT Health from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Exclusion Criteria: * short bowel syndrome, * requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) * active cancer

What they're measuring

Number of participants with a 20% improvement in growth velocity at 1 year corrected gestational age (CGA)

Timeframe: 4 months corrected gestational age (CGA)

Number of participants with a 20% improvement in growth velocity at 1 year corrected gestational age (CGA)

Timeframe: 8 months corrected gestational age (CGA)

Number of participants with a 20% improvement in growth velocity at 1 year corrected gestational age (CGA)

Timeframe: 12 months corrected gestational age (CGA)

Number of participants with a 20% improvement in growth velocity at 1 year corrected gestational age (CGA)

Timeframe: 1 year corrected gestational age (CGA)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03522558

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-06-01

Contact for this trial

Candice R Poland, MS, RD, LD

713-486-6961 Candice.R.Poland@uth.tmc.edu

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