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Impact of Early Enteral Feeding on Splanchnic Blood Flow After Surgery for Critical Heart Disease in the Newborn

NCT00919945 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2014-05-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the impact of early post-operative feeding on splanchnic blood flow, cardiac output and end organ perfusion, and the patients overall clinical outcomes.

Conditions

  • Congenital Heart Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Continuous feeding at time 1 and NPO at time 2

Continuous nasogastric formula feeding (using Enfalac with iron 2400 kJ/L at a volume of 1ml/kg/h) at time 1 and NPO at time 2 (12 hours later)

OTHER

NPO at time 1 and continuous feeding at time 2

NPO at time 1 and continuous nasogastric formula feeding (using Enfalac with iron 2400 kJ/L at a volume of 1ml/kg/h) at time 2 (12 hours later).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ben Sivarajan, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Max Age
30 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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