Mechanisms and Management of Infant Dysphagia

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Dysphagia, Airway Aspiration, Airway Penetration

In brief

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. In this study, the investigator plans to evaluate the movement of the muscles in an infant's mouth, throat (pharynx) and food pipe (esophagus) that are responsible for moving the food down into the stomach and that help protect an infants airway.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02583360

Run by

Sudarshan Jadcherla

People needed

109

Starts

2015-10-02

Expected to finish

2020-08-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-08-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Infants with feeding-related aero-digestive symptoms
• ≤60 weeks PMA (both pre-term and full term)
• History of orally feeding ≥ 25% of least 50% of prescribed feeding volume
• Room air or supplemental oxygen of ≤1liter/minute (LPM)

You may not qualify if…

• Direct breast feeding exclusively
• Known genetic, metabolic or syndromic disease
• Neurological diseases such as Grade 3 or 4 intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), moderate to severe perinatal asphyxia or stroke
• Craniofacial, airway or foregut malformations
• History of craniofacial, foregut, ears, nose and throat (ENT) or neurosurgery

Where it is running

• The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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