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Effects Of Not Measuring Gastric Residual Content On Feeding Tolerance In Premature Infants iNFANTS

NCT01965769 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2013-10-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Omitting evaluation of gastric residual contents prior to feeding very premature infants will increase the feeding intake at 2 weeks, and total caloric intake and growth by 3 weeks, as well as decrease the time required for parenteral nutrition.

Conditions

  • Premature Infant

Interventions

OTHER

No gastric residual evaluation

Infants will not receive routine gastric residual evaluation prior to feeding.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Gerber Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Josef Neu, MD · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
3 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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