Healthy Volunteers Enteral Nutrition Study (HEN)
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Conditions studied: Enteral Nutrition's Effect on the Gut
In brief
This research study is being conducted to determine the effects of enteral nutrition on healthy people. Enteral nutrition for the purpose of this study refers to the use of a specially developed formula taken by mouth that provides all essential nutrition either in the absence of food or to supplement the intake of foods. Enteral nutrition can be used for many reasons, such as to gain or lose weight, to treat food allergies, or to reduce inflammation in certain intestinal diseases. We would like to understand the effects of enteral nutrition in the absence of intestinal inflammation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07426003
- Run by
- James Lewis
- People needed
- 25
- Starts
- 2026-06-17
- Expected to finish
- 2027-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-08-06
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Must be able to read and understand English
- Must be able to sign a consent form for the study
You may not qualify if…
- BMI <20 or >30
- Unintentional weight loss of >10% in the last 3-6 months
- Kidney disease
- Diagnosis of cirrhosis
- Taking diuretics
- Anemia - Hemoglobin <lower limit of normal in men or <10 g/dL in women.
- Taking iron supplements within 2 weeks for Visit 2.1
- Taking prebiotic or probiotic supplements or any supplement including a multivitamin within 2 weeks of Visit 2.1
- Taking antibiotics less than 4 weeks prior to Visit 2.1
- Diarrhea in the 2 weeks prior to Visit 2.1
- Diabetes mellitus
- Diagnosis of congestive heart failure
- Diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease or celiac disease
- Bowel resection other than an appendectomy
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Intolerance or allergy to nutritional formula, chicken, eggs, apples, banana, potatoes
- Using protein supplements, including powder added to food or drinks within 2 weeks of Visit 2.1
- Baseline bowel frequency less than every 2 days or greater than 3 times daily
- Student or employee of any one of the investigators.
- Anyone who cannot receive study payment (e.g. visa constraints).
- Any condition that the investigator feels may limit the volunteer's ability to complete the study protocol.
Where it is running
- Penn Center for Advance Medicine, University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
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