Standardized Application of Feeding Evaluations Using SMART Tool

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Conditions studied: Infant and Young Child Feeding

In brief

Premature and medically complex infants have delayed development of oral feeding skills, leading to prolonged hospitalization, costs, and family stress. There is no "gold standard" infant feeding skill assessment tool for bedside clinicians. The research team developed a novel feeding skill assessment, the SMART Tool, to monitor infant feeding skill development in the neonatal intensive care unit. This study aims to determine whether this tool improves clinical outcomes, including reduced hospital days and enhanced safety and quality of infant feedings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07136610

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

3500

Starts

2025-08-01

Expected to finish

2027-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-29

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Infants born between August 1, 2025, and July 31, 2026, AND admitted to NICU

You may not qualify if…

• No oral feeding started by July 15, 2026

Where it is running

• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital — Barrington, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Advocate Trinity Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Advocate Sherman Hospital — Elgin, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Advocate Condell Medical Center — Libertyville, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Advocate Christ Medical Center (Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn) — Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge) — Park Ridge, Illinois, United States (enrolling)
• Aurora Medical Center Grafton — Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)
• Aurora BayCare Medical Center — Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)
• Aurora Medical Center Kenosha — Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)
• Aurora Sinai Medical Center — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)
• Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh — Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)
• Aurora Medical Center - Sheboygan County — Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)
• Aurora Medical Center - Summit — Summit, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)
• Aurora West Allis Medical Center — West Allis, Wisconsin, United States (enrolling)

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