Gravitas Feeding Tube System Placement Validation in Neonates
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Nasogastric Tube
In brief
The purpose of this study is to validate the Gravitas Feeding Tube System Placement Algorithm for NICU patients and to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Gravitas Feeding Tube in the neonate population for the administration of nutrition, fluids and medications.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05914064
- Run by
- Gravitas Medical, Inc.
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2023-10-27
- Expected to finish
- 2026-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-11-24
Who can join
Age: any, up to 2. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Infants in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit or on the general medical floor requiring a 5-8 Fr NG tube. The desired size of the feeding tube should be determined clinically, and the Gravitas 5-8 Fr Feeding Tube should only be placed if that size is appropriate.
- Age at enrollment: 0 to 2 years post-partum. Can be up to 15 weeks preterm (gestational age ≥ 25 weeks).
- Suitable to start or continue gastric enteral feeding, or otherwise clinically indicated to receive a feeding tube.
- If enteral nutrition has already been initiated, the orogastric/nasogastric feeding tube may be replaced with a Gravitas Feeding Tube.
- Ability to have a legally authorized representative provide informed consent Both neonates on a ventilator (non-invasive or invasive ventilation) or not requiring a ventilator are eligible for this study.
You may not qualify if…
- Known major upper airway malformation (e.g. tracheoesophageal fistula)
- Known major GI malformation (e.g. malrotation, esophageal atresia, etc.)
- History of gastrectomy or esophagectomy
- Expected survival of less than one week
- Neonate on ECMO
- Deemed unsuitable for enrollment in study based on the judgement of the site principal investigator for any other reason
- Requirement for post-pyloric feeds (distal to stomach)
- Infant has a basilar skull fracture
Where it is running
- Lucile Packard (Stanford) Children's Hospital — Stanford, California, United States
- Memorial Health University Medical Center — Savannah, Georgia, United States
- Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Women & Infants Hospital, Rhode Island — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- University of Virginia Children's Health — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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