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Esophageal Motility and Airway Defenses Among Infants

NCT00062452 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2017-10-06

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Summary

Feeding difficulties and airway related consequences contribute significantly to the infant mortality and morbidity. Some of these problems may be dependent on neural control and muscular function. Prematurity, congenital anomalies and perinatal depression represent three important conditions in infants, that may have feeding and airway difficulties.Development of motility of the foregut and the adaptation during normal and disease in developing infants is unclear.

Conditions

  • Infant, Premature, Diseases
  • Congenital Abnormalities
  • Perinatal Asphyxia

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Children's National Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Sudarshan R Jadcherla, MD · Nationwide Children's Hospital/The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Weeks
Max Age
6 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-05-31
Primary Completion
2005-04-30
Completion
2005-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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