Growth Observational Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Premature

In brief

This study was a multicenter, prospective cohort study to define postnatal longitudinal growth for very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. The objectives were: 1) to develop postnatal growth curves for VLBW preterm infants that would permit an assessment of growth velocity; 2) to relate growth velocity and nutritional practices (duration of parenteral nutrition, age at first enteral feeding, and age at full enteral feeding); 3) to compare growth velocity in infants who are small-for-gestational age (SGA) with infants who are appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA); and 4) to relate growth velocity to several common, major morbidities, including chronic lung disease (CLD), nosocomial infection (or late-onset infection) and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). These growth data may be useful in identifying preterm infants who are growing slowly despite current nutritional support and in designing and performing clinical trials of nutritional interventions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01203475

Run by

NICHD Neonatal Research Network

People needed

1660

Starts

1994-08-01

Expected to finish

1995-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-06-08

Who can join

Age: any, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Infants with birth weights between 501 to 1500g who were inborn or admitted at 24 hours of age or less
• Survived >7 days (168 hours)

You may not qualify if…

• Major congenital anomalies

Where it is running

• Stanford University — Palo Alto, California, United States
• Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• George Washington University — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
• Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Indiana University — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Wayne State University — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• University of New Mexico — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
• Cincinnati Children's Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
• University of Tennessee — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas — Dallas, Texas, United States

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