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Preterm Infants May Better Tolerate Warmer Feeds

NCT03743207 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2018-11-16

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Summary

Feeding intolerance is frequent among preterm infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Although there are many studies about enteral nutrition strategies and content in preterm infants, no evidence-based standards exist for the optimal milk temperature for preterm infants. Therefore, in this study the investigators aimed to examine the effects of feeding temperature and the possible morbidities.

Conditions

  • Prematurity
  • Feeding Disorder Neonatal

Interventions

OTHER

Room temperature

These infants were fed with room temperature (22-24 °C) so that hypothesizing that they will have more feeding tolerance and therefore more co-existing morbidities.

OTHER

Warmer temperature

Fifteen NICU mothers volunteered and expressed their milk for rapid measurement of freshly expressed breast milk. The mean (± SD) temperature of freshly expressed breast milk was found to be 33±1.5 °C in these preliminary measurements. Confirming this finding, the investigators decided to feed these infants with milk at 32 - 34 °C to examine the effects of feeding temperature and the possible comorbidities with a hypothesis that warmer feeding at the temperature of freshly expressed breast milk may be better physiologically.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ege University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ozge Altun Koroglu, M.D. · Ege University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
30 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-01
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-04-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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