CompletedNot Applicable

Mechanisms and Management of Infant Dysphagia

United States109 participantsStarted 2015-10-02

Plain-language summary

The purpose of the investigator's study is to evaluate the causes of feeding difficulty in infants. New treatments can be possible only if the cause is known. In this study, the investigator plans to evaluate the movement of the muscles in an infant's mouth, throat (pharynx) and food pipe (esophagus) that are responsible for moving the food down into the stomach and that help protect an infants airway.

Who can participate

Age range38 Weeks – 60 Weeks

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Infants with feeding-related aero-digestive symptoms * ≤60 weeks PMA (both pre-term and full term) * History of orally feeding ≥ 25% of least 50% of prescribed feeding volume * Room air or supplemental oxygen of ≤1liter/minute (LPM) Exclusion Criteria: * Direct breast feeding exclusively * Known genetic, metabolic or syndromic disease * Neurological diseases such as Grade 3 or 4 intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), moderate to severe perinatal asphyxia or stroke * Craniofacial, airway or foregut malformations * History of craniofacial, foregut, ears, nose and throat (ENT) or neurosurgery

What they're measuring

Number of Participants With Successful Safe Oral Feeding

Timeframe: Up to 4 weeks after enrollment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02583360

SponsorSudarshan Jadcherla

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-08-30

Results submitted2020-10-25

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