NCT03708068.

Study name	Early exclusive enteral nutrition in early preterm infants
Methods	Randomised controlled trial
Participants	Preterm infants born at 30–33 completed weeks' gestation, and of birth weight > 1000 g
Interventions	Intervention: early full enteral feeds: feeds commence at ≥ 80% of reference daily fluid intake from day 1 Control: enteral feeds commence at 15–30 mL/kg on day 1, then advanced by 15–30 mL/kg per day on second day onwards until infant reaches full enteral feeds
Outcomes	Primary outcome: time to achieve full enteral feeds defined as 140 mL/kg/day sustained for ≥ 3 days
Starting date	2019
Contact information	Belal Alshaikh, University of Calgary, Canada
Notes	Sample size: 68