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 |