iKanEat: A Randomized-controlled, Multi-center Trial of Megestrol for Chronic Oral Food Refusal in Children
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Official title
iKanEat: A Randomized-controlled, Multi-center Trial of Megestrol for Chronic Oral Food Refusal in Children 9 Months to 9 Years 0 Months of Age
Brief summary
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This is a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. The primary focus of the study is the evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment with megestrol as part of a 24 week behavioral feeding protocol in transitioning from tube to oral feedings in a pediatric population. Approximately 60 pediatric subjects matching the criteria for eligibility will be enrolled in the study and randomized to receive either megestrol (n=30) or placebo (n=30).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03815019
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 70 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 9 Months to 108 Months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 14, 2019
- Primary completion
- Mar 18, 2025
- Completion
- Mar 18, 2025
- Last update posted
- Sep 9, 2025
2019 – 2025
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 8
- U.S. states
- 8
- U.S. cities
- 8
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego | San Diego | California | 92123 | — |
| Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children | Orlando | Florida | 32806 | — |
| Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| Boston Children's Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
| Children's Mercy Hospital | Kansas City | Missouri | 64108 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Providence | Rhode Island | 02903 | — |
| Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
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- Last update posted Sep 9, 2025 · Synced Sep 7, 2026
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