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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02377050
Date of registration: 01/12/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Public title: Randomized Controlled Trial of Higher-Volume Feedings in Preterm Neonates
Scientific title: Randomized Controlled Trial of Higher-Volume Feedings in Preterm Neonates
Date of first enrolment: January 2015
Target sample size: 224
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02377050
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Other. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Colm Travers, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Name:     Waldemar A Carlo, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Name:     Ariel A Salas, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Inborn or outborn infants born at a gestational age of 32 weeks or less; Birthweight
1001-2500; Feeding volume of at least 120 ml/kg/day; Enrolled prior to 28 days of age
and prior to exceeding 32 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

- Hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosis; History of necrotizing
enterocolitis Bell Stage II or greater; Known gastrointestinal or neurologic
malformations; Prior or planned enrollment into the NICHD MILK Trial; Terminal illness
or decision to withhold or limit support



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 1 Month
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Infant Premature
Intervention(s)
Other: Higher Volume Feeding Goal
Primary Outcome(s)
Weight gain [Time Frame: baseline to average 12 weeks of age]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in weight z score [Time Frame: 36 weeks or discharge]
Head circumference [Time Frame: baseline to average 12 weeks of age]
Length of stay [Time Frame: 36 weeks or discharge]
Change in head circumference z score [Time Frame: 36 weeks or discharge]
Change in length z score [Time Frame: 36 weeks or discharge]
Mid arm circumference [Time Frame: baseline to average 12 weeks of age]
Rates of infants less than 10th percentile for weight [Time Frame: 36 weeks or discharge]
Length [Time Frame: baseline to average 12 weeks of age]
Caloric intake [Time Frame: 36 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
UAB NEO 013
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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