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Impact of Feeding Interval of Preterms on the Time of Transition From Tube Feeding to Oral Feeding

NCT02916914 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2017-08-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Preterms are usually fed with intervals of either two or three hours during their stay in neonatal intensive care unit. Recommendations of World Health Organization about feeding regimens, 3-hourly for infants 1500 - 2000 gr, and 2-hourly for infants 1000 - 1500 gr, are not proposed with regards to results of randomized controlled trials. Investigators aimed to investigate the impact of 2-hourly feeding on time of transition from orogastric to oral feeding.

Conditions

  • Bottlefeeding
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Q2 feeding

Infants are going to be fed every 2 hours

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Etlik Zubeyde Hanim Womens' Health and Teaching Hospital

    lead UNKNOWN

Principal Investigators

  • Sezin Unal, MD · Etlik Zubeyde Hanım Women's Health Care, Training and Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Days
Max Age
90 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-08-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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