Review of Infant Oral Feeding and Skills

Completed

Conditions studied: Nutrition Disorders, Gastrointestinal Disease, Deglutition Disorder, Feeding Difficulties, Swallowing Difficulties, Humans, Cohort Studies, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Premature, Nutrition, Pediatric Feeding Disorder, Chronic, Retrospective Studies, Breastfeeding, Mental Health Wellness, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal, Bottle Feeding

In brief

This study evaluates the infant's feeding skill level at discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. The goal is to determine whether the ability to "full feed by volume" implies "full skill development" for infant oral feeding.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06736743

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

108

Starts

2025-03-01

Expected to finish

2026-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-03

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Neonates admitted and discharged from Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (AIMMC) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) from April 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024

You may not qualify if…

• Discharged without attaining full independent oral feeds by volume. This excludes infant deaths and transfers without attaining full oral feeds.

Where it is running

• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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