Nasogastric/Oral Gastric Tube Placement in Infants: Comparing 2 Measurement Methods

Stopped early · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Enteral Tube Placement

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare two methods of nasogastric/oral gastric (NG/OG) tube placement for efficacy and safety in the placement of NG/OG tube in infants less than 6 months of age. One method is based on the infant's length determined by measurement using a length board and plotted on a graph derived from a formula to determine the depth for tube insertion (graph method) and the other method is based on current standard of care, measuring from the nose to the ear and then the ear to mid abdomen (NEM) and mark the tube to know how far to insert the tube. Outcome comparison will be xray verification of placement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01407991

Run by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

People needed

9

Starts

2011-07-01

Expected to finish

2015-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-10

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Infants less than 6 months of age in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) regardless of gestational age
• Infants requiring an NG or OG tube for enteral feeds
• Infants whose NG tube is placed by the bedside Registered Nurse (RN)
• Parents need to speak and read English
• Infant scheduled for X-Ray for standard of care (SOC) within 24hrs of scheduled NG/OG tube change or placement.

You may not qualify if…

• Infants with congenital or structural anomalies of the GI tract
• Infants with significant scoliosis
• Infants with salem sump or repogle tube

Where it is running

• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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