NCT06751290CompletedPhase 4
The Use of Cyproheptadine in Pediatric Feeding Disorders
The Use of Cyproheptadine to Improve Eating Habits in Children With Pediatric Feeding Disorders
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Cyproheptadine, an appetite stimulant, can improve eating habits in children with Pediatric Feeding Disorders. Pediatric Feeding Disorders is a broad term that describes disorders of eating-related behaviors that causes altered consumption of food and impairs physical or psychosocial health.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 18 (actual)
- First submitted
- 31 Oct 2024
- Start date
- 30 Dec 2024
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Miami
- NCT number
- NCT06751290
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
- Participants enrolled: 18
- From 30 Dec 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Patients actively undergoing behavioral feeding therapy
Other illness
- Patients who have active symptoms from a diagnosis of a GI disorder (Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Gastritis)
Other
- Patients who are tube fed
- Patients who are overweight (BMI at 85th%tile or greater)
Who the study is looking for
- Any patient aged 2-6 years of age who presents to Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic with complaint of "poor weight gain, malnutrition, failure to thrive/weight faltering, picky eating, or feeding issues" who screens positive for a pediatric feeding disorder using the Child eating disorder questionnaire (CEBQ)
- Age Range: 2-6 years
- English or Spanish speaking
Age in the registry: 2 years to 6 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Miami Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miami | United States | Unknown status |
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