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Gastric Feeding Versus Transpyloric Feeding in Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, a Crossover Study

NCT06821776 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2025-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hospitalized infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and feeding intolerance will be randomized to 2 weeks of continuous gastric feeding or continuous transpyoloric feeding. Subjects will crossover after 2 weeks and receive 4 weeks of each feeding mode. Respiratory status will be assessed to determine the optimal feeding mode for each infant.

Conditions

  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • Feeding Intolerance

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Gastric feeding

Subjects will be fed through a feeding tube that empties into the stomach.

PROCEDURE

Transpyloric feeding

Subjects will be fed through a feeding tube that passes through the stomach and empties directly into the small intestine.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Weems, MD · University of Tennessee

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
1 Year
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-05
Primary Completion
2030-02-28
Completion
2030-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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