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Breast Feeding Analgesia in Preterm Infants

NCT00175409 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2011-04-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of mothers' breastfeeding with the effects of pacifier sucking on preterm infant biobehavioural responses during and immediately after a painful procedure

Hypothesis:

1. When breast fed by their mothers during blood collection, preterm infants will show less pain reaction than when sucking on a pacifier.
2. Following breast feeding during the blood collection, mothers will find no differences in their infants' breast feeding ability.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Blood collection

For the standard care condition, infants will remain in their isolettes and will be positioned in prone and given a pacifier to suck on throughout the blood collection.

PROCEDURE

Blood collection

For the feeding condition, infants will be held and then breast fed by their mother during the blood collection.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • SickKids Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Liisa Holsti, PhD, OT · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Days
Max Age
37 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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