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

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Growth Failure in Medically Complex Infants, Growth Failure, Malnutrition in Medically Complex Infants, Malnutrition, Nutrition in Medically Complex Infants, Nutrition, Nutrition Disorder, Infant

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03522558

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

200

Starts

2018-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-16

Who can join

Age: any, up to 2. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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)

You may not qualify if…

• short bowel syndrome,
• requiring parenteral nutrition (PN)
• active cancer

Where it is running

• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States

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