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NCT Number: NCT07054983

Parent Tube Weaning Interviews

Recent developments in remote monitoring software can provide a proactive means for data transfer for healthcare teams to communicate with families regarding activities like weaning from feeding tubes. Children's Mercy began utilizing a mHealth technology - CHAMP App® - for tube weaning in the Fall of 2023. Research gaps remain in this population, including comparing the experiences of families who could wean with methods available prior to the innovative use of a medical team collaborating with mHealth technology. This will be a single site study with one-time naturalistic, semi-structured parent interviews of children who have attempted tube weaning in their homes with two different models of care (standard ambulatory tube weaning and with the CHAMP App pilot).

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Key information

Conditions

Feeding Difficulties Pediatric Feeding Disorders Remote Patient Monitoring

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Children's Mercy Hospital

Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults that are at least 18 years of age that are parent(s) of children with pediatric feeding disorder who have been seen in the Children's Mercy Interdisciplinary Feeding Clinic.
  • Parent/Legal Guardian of a child < 6 years of age when they attempted tube weaning
  • Pediatric patients that have attempted a tube wean in the last 3 years (2022-2025) with the Interdisciplinary Feeding Clinic through either standard of care or through utilization of the CHAMP App

Exclusion criteria

  • Non-English-speaking parent(s)

Treatment and study plan

Qualitative Research Interview

Other

Qualitative research interview of parents of pediatric patients seen in an interdisciplinary feeding clinic who underwent a tube weaning program

Primary outcomes

  1. Parental Perspective

    Time frame: During the Tube weaning attempt, an average of 8 weeks

    Explore the parental perspectives of the process of weaning from feeding tubes to all calories by mouth while in the home setting to identify preference for weaning via remote health monitoring.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Communication

    Time frame: During the Tube weaning attempt, an average of 8 weeks

    Determine differences in communication between parents and care teams during the weaning process.

  2. Stress

    Time frame: During the Tube weaning attempt, an average of 8 weeks

    Identify how parents perceive the tube feeding process with regards to stress.

  3. Social Determinates of Health

    Time frame: During the Tube weaning attempt, an average of 8 weeks

    Identify whether social determinates of health impact tube weaning for all families.

  4. Access

    Time frame: During the Tube weaning attempt, an average of 8 weeks

    Determine if having increased access to healthcare teams during the tube weaning process has an effect on the confidence of parents to complete the wean.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Other

Collaborators

  • Daisy Foundation
  • The Gerber Foundation

Registry information

Official study title

Parent-Caregiver Experience Tube Weaning in the Home Setting: A Qualitative Comparative Case Study

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jul 8, 2025
Registry last updated
May 15, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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