Can High Flow Nasal Prongs therapy facilitate earlier establishment of full oral feeds in babies who are Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure dependent at 32 weeks gestation?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Establishment of full oral bottle / breast feeding in preterm infantsPregnancy and ChildbirthOther preterm infants
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN66716753
- Lead Sponsor
- Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital (Ireland)
- Brief Summary
2017 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28011792/ (added 17/12/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 44
Inclusion Criteria
1. Very Low Birth Weight Infants (1500g or less)
2. Born at less than 30 weeks gestation (24+0 to 29+6)
3. Neonates requiring respiratory support in the form of NCPAP at 32 weeks corrected gestational age with an oxygen requirements of less than 30%
4. Infants requiring positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)<5 cm H2O and breathing in room air will first be offered a trial off NCPAP with no respiratory support, but if this fails they will then be eligible for randomization
5. Full enteral feeding (by nasogastric or orogastric tube)
Exclusion Criteria
Significant congenital / respiratory / cardiac / airway abnormality at the time of randomization
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The establishment of full oral feeding - days from 32 weeks corrected gestational age
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of respiratory support - days from 32 weeks corrected gestational age