Patients receiving enteral tube feeding
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Subjects with the age of 20 or more 2. Subjects getting all nutrition by tube feeding through nasal, gastrostomy, or intestinal fistula 3. Subjects expected to continue the tube feeding more than 1 month
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects having serious diseases on organs such as liver, kidney, heart, lung, and digestive tract, and systems in blood, endocrine, and metabolism. 2. Subjects having diabetes with the HbA1c value 8% or more 3. Subjects having a history with drug allergy or serious food allergy 4. Subjects participating in another clinical study about drug, food, and so on. 5. Subjects with unstable energy doses for the last month 6. Subjects judged to be inappropriate for the study by the investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Body weight | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Nutritional status (levels of pre-albumin and albumin), defecation status (number of times and fecality), gastrointestinal symptoms (number of vomiting and diarrhea), fever days | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. Health Care & Nutritional Science Institute, R&D Division