Positive Feeding of the Preterm Infant

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Preterm Infant, Breast Feeding, Bottle Feeding, Enteral Feeding, Cue Based Feeding, Develomentally Supportive Care

In brief

The goal of this feasibility study is to assess the feasibility to implement a feeding strategy for preterm infants. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is it feasible to implement the PoP-intervention in a level 3a category Neonatal intensive care unit? * Is the PoP-intervention acceptable for parents of preterm infants and health care personnel working in Neonatal intensive care unit? Parents of preterm infants and health care personnel will be asked to follow a protocol of a feeding strategy based on the preterm infants development and cues throughout the NICU-stay.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06189352

Run by

Oslo Metropolitan University

People needed

15

Starts

2024-10-14

Expected to finish

2026-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-08-11

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• gestational age of 28 weeks
• post menstrual age of 28 weeks after transition from regional hospital

You may not qualify if…

• diagnoses or malformations that makes eating difficult
• triplets or more
• parents not speaking/understanding Norwegian or English
• parents with challenges or special needs for follow up

Where it is running

• Vestre Viken Hospital Trust — Drammen, Norway (enrolling)

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