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Sham Feeding Post-operative Infants

NCT03350022 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2020-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate a feeding technique, sham feeding, to promote adequate oral skills in order to prevent oral aversion and/or poor oral skills due to the delay in oral feeds for surgical reasons. Sham feeding is intended for infants who are expected to have a prolonged course without normal enteral feeding by mouth.

Conditions

  • Newborn Morbidity
  • Oral Aversion
  • Gastroschisis
  • Bowel Obstruction
  • Short Bowel Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Sham Feeding

Sham feeding will be offered to participants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Weems, MD · University of Tennessee

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Max Age
2 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-10
Primary Completion
2019-09-04
Completion
2019-09-04

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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