Feeding Maturity in Preterm Infants
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age0-28
SponsorAcibadem University
About this trial
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of two pacifier-use strategies-routine 5-minute pacifier use prior to each feeding versus random 30-minute pacifier use at any time of day, independent of feeding-on feeding maturity in preterm infants. The hypotheses of the study are as follows: H1: The routine use of a pacifier prior to feeding has a positive effect on feeding maturity in preterm infants.
H2: The routine use of a pacifier prior to feeding has a positive effect on discharge weight in preterm infants.
H3: The routine use of a pacifier prior to feeding has a positive effect on the length of hospital stay in preterm infants.
H4: The routine use of a pacifier prior to feeding has a positive effect on the gestational age at discharge in preterm infants.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Preterm
who are clinically stable, and
who are within the first day of initiating enteral feeding.
Disqualifiers
Newborns who have a contraindication to pacifier use
have comorbid medical conditions
who are intubated
have congenital anomalies
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Routine NNS
- Random NNS
Treatment groups
62 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov