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Preterm Neonatal Feeding Protocol Comparing Feed Administration Time

NCT00997854 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 136

Last updated 2019-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Doctors have tried many different methods of feeding to try to decrease feeding intolerance in preterm babies so that they spend less time receiving liquid nutrition and have fewer problems with feeding intolerance.

The purpose of this study is to test two different methods of feeding preterm babies in the hopes of identifying a method that will decrease some of the feeding intolerance that can occur when feeding premature babies.

Conditions

  • Feeding Intolerance

Interventions

OTHER

Length of time for feed administration

Group 1 will consist of babies fed by bolus method, administered over no more than 30 minutes. Group 2 will be fed by slow infusion by pump over 2 hours.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sue Ann Smith, MD · Oregon Health and Science University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
32 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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