Parker 2013.

Trial name or title	Aspiration of residual gastric contents
Methods	RCT
Participants	Infants ≤ 32 weeks' gestational age and birth weight ≤ 1250 g receiving some enteral feeds by 72 hours of age
Interventions	Intervention: no routine monitoring of gastric residuals Comparison: routine monitoring of gastric residuals before each feed
Outcomes	Primary outcome: 24‐hour enteral feeding intake in mL/kg Secondary outcomes: time to reach full feeds, duration of TPN, duration of CVL usage, NEC, aspiration pneumonia, ventilator‐associated pneumonia, and length of hospital stay
Starting date	May 2013
Contact information	www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01863043
Notes	Study completion estimated for February 2019

CVL: central venous line.

NEC: necrotising enterocolitis.

RCT: randomised controlled trial.

TPN: total parenteral nutrition.