NCT02142582

Comparison of Different Oral Rehydration Solutions

Comparison of Different Oral Rehydration Solutions (ORS) in Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) Patients on Home Parenteral Nutrition (HPN): A Prospective Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Compliance is the biggest challenge in patients with Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) on Home Parenteral Nutrition. These patients need to hydrate themselves to meet the excess fluid loss due to their anatomy. Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) is prescribed to all these patients. The investigators believe that taste of the standard ORS is the biggest reason why these patients are not complaint. The new ORS in the market has been prepared with this in mind. The investigators want to study if this new ORS will improve the compliance in this patient cohort.

Conditions

• Short Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	WHO ORS	Participants will be randomized into one of the two groups. They will be provided with one of the two ORS solutions. Then, they will be followed for 6 months.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Commercial ORS	Participants will be instructed to dilute contents of the provided ORS to a 1 liter bottle and sip all day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-04-01
• Completion: 2016-04-01
• First posted: 2014-05-20
• Last updated: 2016-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States