Quantitative Assessment of Sucking for Early Diagnosis of Brain Injury in Infants at High Risk

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Hypoglycemia, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

In brief

The main goal of this study is to quantitatively assess the sucking and feeding activity of infants at high risk of neurological impairment (preterm infants and term infants at risk of abnormal neurodevelopment) during oral sucking and feeding and correlate it with their underlying neurological impairment for the early diagnosis of brain injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03246243

Run by

Boston Children's Hospital

People needed

16

Starts

2017-03-29

Expected to finish

2021-05-18

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-21

Who can join

Age: any, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Preterm infants with GA<37 weeks
• Term infants with GA>37 weeks and at risk of brain injury
• Healthy term infants with GA= 37-41 weeks, appropriate birth weight, 5 minute Apgar score>7, and an initial uncomplicated postnatal course

You may not qualify if…

• major congenital anomalies
• craniofacial malformation
• short bowel syndrome

Where it is running

• Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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