MedTrace Logo

Effects of Prefeeding Oral Stimulation on Feeding Performance in Preterm Infants

NCT01649362 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2014-03-12

Study results available
· View outcomes & findings →

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an oral stimulation program on the length of the transition period in preterm infants (primary outcome), the length of hospital stay and the breastfeeding rates at discharge (secondary outcomes).

Conditions

  • Preterm Infant
  • Oral Feeding Performance

Interventions

OTHER

prefeeding oral stimulation program

The intervention will start at 32 weeks PMA in a medically stable infant feed by gavage feeding for the infants born before 32 weeks' gestational age, and, as soon as clinical stability is acquired, for the infants born after 32 weeks. The prefeeding oral stimulation program consists of a 15-minute stimulation program, delivered by the nurse or the medical staff, according to the stimulation program proposed by Fucile, Gisel and Lau. The program is going to be administered once a day for 14 consecutive days (for infants born before 32 weeks' gestational age), 15 to 30 minutes before a tube feeding. In infants born after 32 weeks' gestational age, stimulation program is going to be stopped when the infant attains 3 complete oral feedings by day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Luxembourg Institute of Health

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Centre Hospitalier du Luxembourg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marie-Lise Lair · Luxembourg Institute of Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Luxembourg

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01649362 on ClinicalTrials.gov