FEEDS: Focus on Early Eating, Drinking and Swallowing

What interventions, which could be delivered at home by parents, are available to improve eating in young children with neurodisability and are suitable for investigation in pragmatic trials?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN10454425

Enrollment

604

Registered

2018-02-15

Start date

2017-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-04-12

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Conditions

Neurodevelopmental conditions Nervous System Diseases

Interventions

Sequential mixed methods design: 1. 1st round of focus groups: Professionals (health and education staff) and parents to gain a preliminary understanding of interventions offered to fa

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Young people aged 12-18 years with neurodisability and eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties 2. Parents of young children with neurodisability who experience eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties up to and including 12 years of age. Parents who have been discharged home from neonatal units will be included 3. Healthcare professionals who support children with neurodisability who experience eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties 4. Education professionals who support children with neurodisability who experience eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Young children with progressive neurodisability and their parents 2. Young children without neurodisability and their parents 3. Parents of children with neurodisability who are inpatients postnatally at time of study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
This is a scoping study and therefore the outcomes are to identify treatments, key outcomes and measurement tools that could be used in future trials, so there are no outcome measures at this stage 1. Identification of treatments available in the NHS for children with physical and non-physical eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties 2. Identification of the most promising interventions and specification of the patient groups in whom the intervention(s) should be tested, including whether exemplar conditions should be used in a trial; what 'treatment as usual' comprises, and its acceptability 3. Selection of the key outcomes and recommendation of the measurement tools that could be used 4. A suggested framework and outcomes for one or more substantive pragmatic trials	—

Measure

Time frame

This is a scoping study and therefore the outcomes are to identify treatments, key outcomes and measurement tools that could be used in future trials, so there are no outcome measures at this stage 1. Identification of treatments available in the NHS for children with physical and non-physical eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties 2. Identification of the most promising interventions and specification of the patient groups in whom the intervention(s) should be tested, including whether exemplar conditions should be used in a trial; what 'treatment as usual' comprises, and its acceptability 3. Selection of the key outcomes and recommendation of the measurement tools that could be used 4. A suggested framework and outcomes for one or more substantive pragmatic trials

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026