Evaluating Patterned Oral Somatosensory Entrainment Stimulation Using the NTrainer on Oral Feeding Performance

Completed

Conditions studied: Preterm Birth

In brief

This is a research study to determine if an experimental device called the NTrainer can improve oral feeding skills more quickly and more effectively than traditional methods in infants who are at high risk of feeding dysfunction and delayed hospital discharge.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01069718

Run by

KC BioMediX, Inc

People needed

24

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-02-17

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 2. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 34 weeks postmenstrual age, medically stable enough to attempt bottle feedings
• Born at 28 completed weeks of gestation or less and are still on oxygen at 34 weeks postmenstrual age, or (2) have had intestinal surgery, or (3) have had recurrent episodes of feeding intolerance, or (4) have a significant intracranial hemorrhage or periventricular leukomalacia.

You may not qualify if…

• Infants will be excluded if their mothers plan to exclusively breastfeed their infant after discharge home.

Where it is running

• WakeMed — Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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