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Aspiration of Residual Gastric Contents

NCT01863043 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 146

Last updated 2023-06-28

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Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to determine nutrition outcomes and risks to gastrointestinal integrity and function of aspirating for routine gastric contents prior to each feeding in very low birth weight premature infants.

Conditions

  • Infant, Premature
  • Nutrition, Enteral

Interventions

PROCEDURE

No aspiration of gastric contents

Infants will not have routine aspiration of gastric contents prior to every feeding to assess residual gastric contents.

PROCEDURE

Routine aspiration of gastric contents

Infants will have routine aspiration of gastric contents prior to each feeding to monitor the amount of residual gastric contents remaining in the stomach.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leslie A Parker, PhD · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
3 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-07
Primary Completion
2016-10-08
Completion
2019-01-22

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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