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Optimal Feeding Tube Dwell Time in VLBW Infants to Reduce Feeding Tube Contamination

NCT03728608 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 151

Last updated 2025-02-03

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Summary

The study team will determine whether a decreased feeding tube dwell time will reduce feeding tube contamination

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Feeding tube dwell time of 48 hours

Feeding tube dwell time of 48 hours for first 4 weeks of life.

DEVICE

Feeding tube dwell time of 7 day

Feeding tube dwell time of 7 days for first 4 weeks of life.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Florida

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leslie Parker · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-10
Primary Completion
2023-02-02
Completion
2023-05-31
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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