Ramya 2014.

Study characteristics
Methods	Randomised controlled trial
Participants	69 stable VLBW infants (1000–1500 g birth weight) Setting: Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Interventions	Intervention (n = 34): full enteral feeds (60 mL/kg/day) with expressed maternal milk or donor breast milk Control (n = 35): minimal enteral feeds (20–40 mL/kg/day) supplemented with parenteral nutrition Feed volumes advanced by 20 mL/kg/day as tolerated
Outcomes	Days to regain birth weight Feed intolerance (feeds ceased for prefeed gastric aspirates > 50% of prior feed volume, increase in abdominal girth > 2 cm, visible dilated bowel loops or significant emesis, blood tinged or coffee ground aspirate) Necrotising enterocolitis (Bell's criteria) Invasive infection Duration of hospital stay
Notes	Nutrient fortifiers not used.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	Low risk	Computer‐generated.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	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	No protocol.
Other bias	Unclear risk	Study for dissertation submitted to University for DM (Neonatology). No funding source reported.