CompletedPhase 2/3

Dextrose Gel Does Not Prevent Neonatal Hypoglycemia

United States236 participantsStarted 2016-07-01

Plain-language summary

This was a quasi-experimental pilot study comparing blood glucose values 30 minutes after feeding alone or feeding + dextrose gel in newborns at risk for transient neonatal hypoglycemia.

Who can participate

Age range0 Hours – 1 Hour

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Gestational age above 35 weeks * Infants less than 1 hour of age * Infants with informed parental consent * Infants who are born at the Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, TX Exclusion Criteria: * Infants with known metabolic, genetic, or congenital anomalies * Infants not expected to survive the neonatal period * Infants determined later to have a metabolic, genetic, or congenital anomaly that was not immediately obvious in the newborn period * Hypoglycemic infants with symptoms * Infants transferred to the Level 3 NICU for other reasons

What they're measuring

Prophylactic administration of dextrose gel

Timeframe: 2 hours

Treatment failure of at-risk infants

Timeframe: 4 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02523222

SponsorBaylor College of Medicine

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-03-01

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