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The Scope of Tongue-tie in Norway: Its Prevalence and Consequences for Child Health

NCT04056936 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2019-08-19

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Summary

The study is a prospective multi-centre clinical follow-up study of prevalence and severity of tongue-tie in neonates in Norway. During one year around 2600 newborn infants will be examined for tongue-tie in the two participating hospitals. The infants diagnosed with a tongue tie, will be followed to assess the proportion of infants treated and the severity. Feeding outcomes will be observed up to 6 months of age.

Conditions

  • Tongue Tie
  • Ankyloglossia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Frenotomy

To map the severity determining any possible consequences a tongue-tie may have for breastfeeding and infant nutrition we will follow-up a cohort of tongue-tied infants to register if the feeding, growth, thriving and speech of the infant/child is affected by a tongue-tie.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital of Vestfold

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oslo University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sykehuset Telemark

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Atle Klovning, MD. PhD · University of Oslo

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
2 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-08-31
Completion
2022-08-31

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