Effect of Milk Warming on the Very Low Birth Weight Infant
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Conditions studied: Very Low Birth Weight Infant, Weight Gain, Feeding Disorder Neonatal
In brief
This study will compare if using a continuous milk warmer to warm breast milk compared to the standard method of warming breast milk in a hot water bath improves weight gain and feeding tolerance in infants born at 32 weeks gestation or less over a ten-day period. The standard method does not keep the breast milk at a consistent temperature during the feeding. A continuous milk warmer maintains the breast milk at body temperature throughout the feeding. It is unknown which method improves weight gain and feeding tolerance in very low birth weight infants.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04282655
- Run by
- University of Oklahoma
- People needed
- 44
- Starts
- 2016-09-02
- Expected to finish
- 2019-03-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-02-25
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Gestational age 28-32 weeks on full enteral feeding of breast milk
You may not qualify if…
- Mechanical ventilation
- Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)
- Total parenteral nutrition, or any congenital anomalies
- Severe to moderate respiratory disease
- Previous medical or surgical necrotizing enterocolitis.
Where it is running
- University of Oklahoma, The Children's Hospital — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
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