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Efficacy of an Oral Stimulation Protocol in Preterm Infants to Shorten the Period Between Enteral and Oral Nutrition

NCT03016767 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2018-10-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Oral feeding in the neonatal period requires an accurate coordination between suction, swallowing and breathing. In premature new-borns and, depending on their gestational age, the coordinated work of those processes becomes jeopardised, being necessary to begin with an artificial enteral feeding. This situation results in lengthen their stay at the hospital until they are able to respond in a reliable way to their nutritional requirements orally, maintaining an adequate daily weight gain and without endangering their cardiorespiratory system.

This project is an experimental, prospective, blinded, randomized study, aimed to determine whether the application of a manual oral stimulation protocol in premature infants, hospitalized in a neonatal unit, reduces the transition time from enteral feeding to oral full feeding, while improves quality of feeding and shortens hospitalization time.

Conditions

  • Infant, Premature, Diseases

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Manual oral stimulation protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundacion Para La Investigacion Hospital La Fe

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Weeks
Max Age
30 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-02
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-09-15

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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