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. 2019 Jul 9;2019(7):CD012937. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012937.pub2

Aljariry 2017.

Trial name or title Routine gastric residual aspiration in preterm infants and the effect on reaching full feed
Methods RCT
Participants Infants ≤ 32 weeks' gestational age
Interventions Routine gastric aspiration group: routine prefeed aspiration of gastric residuals every 6 hours
No aspiration group: no routine gastric residual aspiration
Outcomes Primary outcome: time taken to reach full enteral feeds (120 mL/kg/d)
 Secondary outcomes: time taken to reach 150 mL/kg/d, duration of TPN, duration of CVL usage, incidence of sepsis, incidence of NEC, and weight gain (g/kg/d)
Starting date December 2015
Contact information www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN98322846
Notes Study completion estimated for December 2018