Clinical trials: Feeding; Difficult, Newborn
Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Premature
A New Intervention Method to Enhance Oral Feeding Ability in Premature Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Indonesia is the fifth country with the highest number of premature infants in the world. Research has shown that as many as 40% to 70% of premature infants exhibit both immature and atypical feeding skills and those requiring…
- Trial name
- NCT04945967
- Testing
- New Method, Conventional Method
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Congenital Heart Disease
The Efficacy of Systematic Oral Feeding Education Program
After the intervention of Systematic Oral Feeding Education Program: 1. The feeding techniques scores of the main caregivers in the experimental group will be higher than those in the control group. 2.
- Trial name
- SOFEP (NCT06763497)
- Testing
- Systematic Oral Feeding Education Program
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Immaturity, Oral Intolerance
Effect of Kangaroo Care on Heart Rate Variability
Physiological processes leading to a preterm infant to be able to feed orally has not been fully understood. The investigators hypothesized that maturation of autonomic nervous system may play a major role in this process and…
- Conditions
- Immaturity, Oral Intolerance, Postnatal Adaptation
- Trial name
- NCT01865409
- Testing
- Kangaroo Care
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Fatih University
Swallowing Dysfunction
Promotion of Thickened Feeds to Manage Newborns With Feeding Difficulties
Swallowing dysfunction and delay of oral feeding skills in premature infants significantly delay discharge from the hospital. Thickening oral formula or breast milk feeds with commercial thickeners and rice cereal has been used…
- Trial name
- NCT00859092
- Testing
- Simply Thick
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- David Oelberg, M.D.
Preterm, Nutrition Disorder, Infant
The Effect Of Oral Motor Stimulation And Nonnutritive Sucking To The Time Of Transition To Oral Nutrition In Preterm
Oral feeding difficulty is one of the problems that preterm infants frequently experience due to poorly developed oral musculature.
- Conditions
- Preterm, Nutrition Disorder, Infant, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn
- Trial name
- NCT05310851
- Testing
- PIOMI and non-nutritive sucking
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Infants Admitted to Neonatal Units
Which Infants in a Neonatal Unit Are at Most Risk of Feeding Difficulties?
Feeding problems are common among babies who are born preterm or who have medical conditions. It is not yet known which babies admitted to neonatal units are most at risk of feeding problems.
- Trial name
- NCT02867410
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 506 people
- Sponsor
- University of Central Lancashire
Body Composition, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn
Role of Body Composition in Large for Gestational Age Infants (LGA) With Oral Feeding Difficulty
Large for Gestational Age (LGA) infants have excess fat-mass (FM) proportion secondary to prolonged in utero exposure to an energy-rich environment.
- Conditions
- Body Composition, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Nutrition Disorder, Infant
- Trial name
- NCT04599010
- Testing
- Dietary intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Neonatal Encephalopathy, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn
OMT to Improve Feeding After Hypothermia
The goal of this study is to determine if infants with neonatal encephalopathy will achieve full oral feeds faster after therapeutic hypothermia has completed if they are treated with osteopathic manipulative treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT03380013
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MaineHealth
Dysphagia, Airway Aspiration
Mechanisms and Management of Infant Dysphagia
The purpose of the investigator's study is to evaluate the causes of feeding difficulty in infants. New treatments can be possible only if the cause is known.
- Conditions
- Dysphagia, Airway Aspiration, Airway Penetration
- Trial name
- NCT02583360
- Testing
- Combined testing (diagnostic VFSS + research HRM) + Parent Preferred Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- Sudarshan Jadcherla
Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Growth Failure
Prophylactic Probiotics to Extremely Low Birth Weight Prematures
Mortality and incidence of severe complications is still high among extremely premature infants. Common causes of severe complications in this population are poor nutrition, necrotizing enterocolitis, and severe infections.
- Conditions
- Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Growth Failure, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Sepsis
- Trial name
- PROPEL (NCT01603368)
- Testing
- Lactobacillus reuteri
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ostergotland County Council, Sweden
Premature Infant Sleep
Sleep Organization in Premature Infants With Feeding Difficulties
Babies born too soon, premature babies, can have complications following birth because their systems are immature. Hospitals help prevent deformities and delays in motor development by using therapeutic positioning to provide…
- Trial name
- NCT01946308
- Testing
- Conformational positioning system
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Feeding Patterns, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn
Neoneur Feeding System Functionality in the Clinic
Prospective data collection using the Neoneur Feeding System to demonstrate device functionality, correlation to historic data, and prepare for a more extensive phase II SBIR trial
- Conditions
- Feeding Patterns, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Feeding Disorder Neonatal
- Trial name
- NN200 (NCT05525091)
- Testing
- Feeding Evaluation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Neoneur LLC
Breastfeeding, Ankyloglossia
Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Breastfeeding Difficulties
The objective of this randomized, single-blind clinical trial is to compare the efficacy of two treatments (Myofunctional Therapy and breastfeeding sessions) in infants who have difficulty breastfeeding during the first week of…
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Ankyloglossia, Lactation Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05843279
- Testing
- Myofunctional therapy
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Almeria
Congenital Disorders
Feeding After Neonate Surgery Review
The purpose is to determine what factors, if any, lead to delayed feeding, discharge with a NG tube, G-tube placement or Nissen fundoplication.
- Trial name
- NCT00229866
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Feeding Disorder Neonatal
Feasibility of Aerodigestive Stimulation Therapy Trial
The goal of this study is to demonstrate safety, feasibility, and efficacy of a novel pharyngo-esophageal stimulation technique in restoring aerodigestive and swallowing functions in select infants at-risk for chronic gavage tube…
- Trial name
- FAST (NCT06118697)
- Testing
- Esophageal stimulation with high resolution esophageal manometry and nutritive oral feeding therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Sudarshan Jadcherla
Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Necrotizing Enterocolitis
A Multi-strain Synbiotic Versus a Multi-strain Probiotic in Premature Infants
The aims are to 1) compare two probiotic treatments (multi-strain synbiotic vs. multi-strain probiotic) on bifidobacteria fecal colonization counts at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks of life, 34 weeks corrected gestation age (CGA) ; 2)…
- Trial name
- NCT01337921
- Testing
- Multi-strain Probiotic
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Language Delay, Language Development
Combined Oral Motor Stimulation and Language on Preterm Infant Feeding
This is a randomized controlled trial to study an oromotor stimulation in combination with a reading curriculum in the NICU among preterm infants using oral muscle exercises, Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recordings…
- Conditions
- Language Delay, Language Development, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Mother-Infant Interaction
- Trial name
- NCT05861531
- Testing
- Oromotor stimulation, Reading curriculum, LENA recording
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Treatment Failure, Lethargy
RCT of Efficacy of Amoxicillin Over Ampicillin on Severe Pneumonia
Burden: Pneumonia remains the leading infectious cause of death accounting for 920,000 children under five around the world. This means a loss of over 2,500 child lives every day, or over 100 every hour.
- Conditions
- Treatment Failure, Lethargy, Altered Mental Status, Convulsion, Non-Epileptic
- Trial name
- NCT03369093
- Testing
- Amoxicillin
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 308 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Dysphagia of Newborn
The Effects of Pacifier-Activated Lullaby on Oral Feeding Among Preterm Infants
Preterm infants often have difficulty learning how to feed by mouth because the coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing develops later in pregnancy.
- Trial name
- Music therapy (NCT07819734)
- Testing
- Pacifier-Activated Lullaby (PAL) Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Pre-Term
Effect of Co-morbidities on the Development of Oral Feeding Ability in Pre-term Infants
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of co-morbidities on the timing of the achievement of full oral feeding in a cohort of pre-term infants and to evaluate their mode of feeding and feeding status at the time of…
- Trial name
- NCT04812249
- Testing
- Clinical assessment
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University