Neonatal Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Management Trial (GMT)

July 24, 2020 updated by: Sudarshan Jadcherla

Pathophysiology of the Aerodigestive Reflex in Infants: GERD Management Trial

The overall purpose of the investigator's study is to evaluate the causes of and treatment for feeding difficulty in infants with Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). New treatments can be possible only if the cause is known. Many infants have GERD and feeding difficulties, such as sucking and swallowing problems, vomiting, or delayed emptying of the stomach. Some of these infants have difficulty in protecting their airway during feeding or during reflux, and as a result can breathe fluid into their lungs or hold their breath. Most GERD treatments are done based on experience, but there is no scientific proof that these methods work for infants. GERD and feeding difficulties can lead to longer hospitalization and more stress for the family.

In this clinical trial, the investigators are developing new methods to help with diagnosis as well as defining better treatment strategies in relieving GERD and GERD complications.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and its troublesome complications constitute serious diagnostic and management challenges to the development of safe feeding and airway protection strategies among infants convalescing in the neonatal intensive care units; thus contributing to prolonged lengths of stay, recurrent hospitalizations, and death. GERD is frequently diagnosed by inadequate criteria, and the relative risks, benefits and indications of GERD therapies are unclear. Significant gaps in knowledge exist in understanding the complex causal or adaptive aerodigestive protective reflex mechanisms implicated in GERD in infants. The long-term goal is to improve digestive health, nutrition, and infant development through the design of simplified personalized treatment paradigms by better understanding the pathophysiology of aerodigestive reflexes.

The current objective is to conduct a prospective single center randomized blinded controlled trial comparing the short term effects of the investigators innovative feeding strategy bundle (study approach) versus standard feeding approach (conventional approach).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

76

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Ohio
      • Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205
        • The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

7 months to 1 year (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Hospitalized infants with aerodigestive or GERD symptoms
  • Gestational age ≤42 weeks
  • Premature infants are eligible at 34 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA)
  • Enteral or Oral Fed
  • Average daily total feeding volume ≥ 150ml/kg/day
  • Room air or supplemental oxygen of ≤1 liter/minute (LPM) and/or ≤ 35% by nasal cannula

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known genetic, metabolic or syndromic disease
  • Neurological diseases such as Grade 3 or 4 intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) and perinatal asphyxia
  • Gastrointestinal malformations and surgical gastrointestinal conditions

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Study
Treated with omeprazole. This group of subjects will have prescribed restricted feeding volumes, monitored feeding duration time and positioning restrictions
Other: Study Arm - acid suppression plus feeding bundle
  • Omeprazole 0.5-1.5 milligrams/kilogram/dose twice a day (BID)
  • Total fluid volume restriction (120-140 milliliters/kilogram/day)
  • Feeding duration over 30 minutes
  • Infant feeds with right side down
  • Infant is placed on back following feeds
Other: Conventional
Treated with omeprazole. This group of subjects will receive the current standard treatment for Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) which includes use of acid suppressive medication with no restrictions of the feeding volume, duration or positioning.
Other: Conventional arm - acid suppression only
-Omeprazole 0.5-1.5 milligrams/kilogram/dose twice a day (BID)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
CLINICAL OUTCOME OF FEEDING SUCCESS
Time Frame: Up to 5 weeks after enrollment
The primary endpoint is the feeding success defined as achieving full oral feeds (defined as no need for tube feeds to maintain hydration and nutrition) and/or a >/= 6 point decrease from baseline symptom score as described by the Infant-Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Questionnaire-Revised. The minimum score is 0 (no symptoms) and the maximum score is 42 (maximum symptoms). Any total score greater than or equal to 16 is considered abnormal.
Up to 5 weeks after enrollment
MOTILITY OUTCOMES: Presence of Esophageal Peristaltic Reflexes
Time Frame: 5 weeks
This is part of Aim 2 of this RCT, which is a mechanistic outcome designed to understand the reasons for the clinical outcome. Presence of peristaltic reflex mechanisms elicited upon esophageal provocation during esophageal manometry were compared within the groups, week-5 vs. week-0. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence interval (CI) are reported from Generalized Estimation Equation models.
5 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
CLINICAL OUTCOMES: Growth Outcome Measure
Time Frame: at 5 weeks
Growth: The investigators will measure and track weight growth velocity during the study period
at 5 weeks
CLINICAL OUTCOME: Development Outcome Measures
Time Frame: Up to 1 year age
Feeding Milestones: The investigators will track feeding method at 1 year.
Up to 1 year age
CLINICAL OUTCOME: Respiratory Outcome Measures
Time Frame: at discharge
Supplemental oxygen requirement at discharge was recorded for both groups
at discharge

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sudarshan Jadcherla

Collaborators

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Ohio State University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Sudarshan R Jadcherla, MD, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 31, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

March 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 17, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 26, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

July 1, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 29, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 24, 2020

Last Verified

July 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 11-00734
  • R01DK068158 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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