Nasogastric Tube vs. Orogastric Feeding Tube in Preterm Infants: Which is Best?

NCT00365703 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 115

Last updated 2007-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out which method (nasogastric vs. orogastric) of feeding tube for premature infants results in earlier only oral feeding.

Conditions

  • Infant, Premature

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Feeding tube insertion

1. Orogastric feeding tube 2. Nasogastric feeding tube

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Erez Nadir, MD · Hillel Yaffe medical cenetr, Hadera, Israel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
4 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Completion
2007-08-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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