Effects of the Oral Stimulation Program in Extreme Preterm Infants

August 16, 2017 updated by: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Effects of the Oral Stimulation Program in Extreme Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The purpose of this study is to determine whether oral stimulation program are effective to improve oral feeding efficiency. The sample size estimated in 74 preterm, randomized classification of the subjects into to experimental and a control group.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Recent studies have suggested that an oral stimulation program applied to preterm infants facilitates their oral feeding progress, improve breastfeeding rates in preterm infants and decreases the length of hospital stay. The objective of this study will evaluate the effect an oral stimulation program on the performance feeding, the length of the transition oral feeding, length of hospital stay and breastfeeding rates upon discharge.

Primarily, will be evaluated the effect an oral stimulation program on the performance feeding. All infants will be assessed by a speech pathologist blinded as to the group randomization.

Secondarily, will be observed the length of the transition oral feeding of the preterm infants, conducted by medical team and will be observed length of hospital stay. Both groups will be monitored from when they were assigned to participate in the study until hospital discharge.

All statistical will be conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences® version 18.0. The data will be analyzed for treatment group differences with chi-square or Fisher's exact tests for the categorical variables and with non-parametric tests for the continuous variables.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

74

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

  • Brazil
    • Rio Grande do Sul
      • Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
        • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

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

5 months to 7 months (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • infants with between 26 and 32 weeks gestational age as determined by date of last menstruation and first trimester ultrasound or by clinical examination.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • infants with medical complications, such as grades III or IV intraventricular hemorrhage or periventricular leukomalacia
  • congenital diseases such as chromosomal or genetic abnormalities
  • bronchopulmonary dysplasia
  • necrotizing enterocolitis.

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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group
Oral stimulation program consists of the a 15 minutes stimulation program, whereby the first 12 minutes involved stroking the cheeks, lips, gums, and tongue, and the final 3 minutes consists of sucking on a pacifier routinely.
Other: Intervention group
Oral stimulation program consists of the a 15 minutes stimulation program, whereby the first 12 minutes involved stroking the cheeks, lips, gums, and tongue, and the final 3 minutes consists of sucking on a pacifier routinely.
Other Names:
  • Oral stimulation program
Sham Comparator: Control group
sham stimulation program consists of the same researcher placing her hands for 15 minutes.
Other: Control group
sham stimulation program consists of the same researcher placing her hands for 15 minutes.
Other Names:
  • Sham stimulation program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Oral feeding performance
Time Frame: 20 minutes
The volume transfer is as considered as the percentage of the volume consumed (%).
20 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Oral feeding transition time
Time Frame: 60 days
number of days
60 days
Days hospital stay
Time Frame: 6 months
number of days
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Rita C Silveira, Professor, Neonatal Section

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 (Actual)

May 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 2, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 17, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

January 20, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 21, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 16, 2017

Last Verified

August 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 41366915.5.0000.5327

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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