TerminatedNot Applicable

The Efficiency of Using Supportive Postures and Holding Techniques to Minimize Premature Infant Pain (PAP)

Stopped: Change in Principal Investigator Role

France4 participantsStarted 2019-11-15

Plain-language summary

Out of the most commonly performed procedures in neonates, naso-gastric tube insertion is rated as the fifth most painful. The pain is often under estimated due to the frequency with which the procedure is carried out. It has been shown that the environment in which the procedure is performed (e.g with skin to skin contact and specific positioning), reduces the discomfort felt by the newborn. However, this has not yet been proven with regards to naso-gastric tube insertion.

Who can participate

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Inclusion Criteria: * Preterm baby born between the 32th and the 35th weeks of amenorrhea plus 6 days * Prescription of enteral nutrition via naso-gastric tube * Naso-gastric tube in-situ * Informed consent of both parents Exclusion Criteria: For the newborn * Under respiratory assistance * With nasal or buccal malformation * With abnormal heart rhythm or congenital heart disease * With hemodynamic instability * Transfer to type 3 neonatal unit * With a DAN score \> 0 before treatment * With an umbilical venous catheter in-situ * Fed with thickened milk * Prescription of analgesic medications For the parents * Minor * Under legal protection * Difficulties which do not permit the mother to carry out skin-to skin contact or holding support

What they're measuring

Pain during insertion of the probe

Timeframe: Day 1

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03939169

SponsorCentre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-11-13

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