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Maternal Scent and Preterm Infant Nutrition

NCT03849248 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 132

Last updated 2022-04-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To study the effect of maternal scent on the oral feeding, behavior and stress level of premature infants hospitalized in the Neonatal intensive care unit and to assess its potential effect on their development at 18 to 24 months.

Conditions

  • Behavior, Infant
  • Development, Infant
  • Development, Child

Interventions

OTHER

Maternal scent cloth

The babies assigned to the intervention group will have a cloth with their mother's scent on it placed under their heads.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • American University of Beirut Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lama Charafeddine, MD · American University of Beirut Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Days
Max Age
10 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-24
Primary Completion
2023-03-01
Completion
2023-03-01

Countries

  • Lebanon

Study Locations

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