WithdrawnNot Applicable

Nutritive Sucking Patterns in Premature Infants

Stopped: Unfunded

0Started 2021-10

Plain-language summary

In this pilot trial, the investigators will determine the feasibility of monitoring nutritive sucking patterns to facilitate the transition from tube to oral feeding in extremely-low-birth weight (ELBW) infants

Who can participate

Age range7 Days – 60 Days

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Birthweight \< 1000 grams * Gestational age \< 32 weeks of gestation * Full enteral feeding established before or on postnatal day 21 * Oral feeding initiated before or at 33 weeks of postmenstrual age Exclusion Criteria: * Major congenital/chromosomal anomalies * Patent ductus arteriosus causing significant cardiovascular symptoms * History of necrotizing enterocolitis stage 2 or greater

What they're measuring

Time to independent oral feeding

Timeframe: Birth to 120 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04561700

SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-07

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