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Does Routine Assessment of Gastric Residuals in Preterm Neonates Influence Time Taken to Reach Full Enteral Feeding?

NCT03111329 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2024-05-10

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Summary

The study aims to compare routine assessment of gastric residuals versus no assessment of residuals in preterm neonates with respect to time taken for achieving full enteral feeding and the incidence of possible complications, such as feeding intolerance, necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis etc.

Conditions

  • Gastric Residuals Assessment
  • Prematurity
  • Sepsis Newborn
  • Necrotizing Enterocolitis of Newborn

Interventions

OTHER

No aspiration of gastric residuals

No assessment of gastric residuals will be performed prior to administering 3-hourly feeds with increasing amounts of the feeds given as per a predefined plan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zbynek Stranak, MD · Institute for the Care of Mother and Child in Prague

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
26 Weeks
Max Age
30 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-06
Primary Completion
2021-07-30
Completion
2021-07-30

Countries

  • Czechia
  • Ireland

Study Locations

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