Chetry 2014.

Study characteristics
Methods	Randomised controlled trial
Participants	64 "stable" VLBW infants (1000–1500 g birth weight), of gestational age 30–34 weeks at birth, and > 3rd percentile for weight Setting: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
Interventions	Intervention (n = 31): full enteral feeds (80 mL/kg/day) with expressed breast milk if available or preterm formula Control (n = 33): minimal enteral feeds (20 mL/kg/day) supplemented with parenteral nutrition Feed volumes increased by 20 mL/kg/day subject as tolerated
Outcomes	Feed intolerance (not defined) Necrotising enterocolitis (Bell's criteria) Days to regain birth weight Invasive infection (blood culture) Duration of hospitalisation
Notes	Further information via author communication (satishsaluja@gmail.com)
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Computer‐generated.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	Sequentially numbered sealed opaque envelopes.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Not masked.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	Not masked.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Complete.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Abstract and author correspondence only. No protocol or methods to compare outcomes reported.
Other bias	Unclear risk	No definition given for necrotising enterocolitis. Funding source not reported.