Impact of Implementing an Infant Driven Feeding Program on Oral Feeding and Growth Outcomes of Medically Fragile Infants in the Neonatal ICU (NICU)
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Official title
The Impact of Implementing an Infant Driven Feeding Program on Oral Feeding and Growth Outcomes of Medically Fragile Infants in the NICU
Brief summary
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The specific aim of this pre-post trial is to compare data regarding oral feeding, length of stay, and growth outcomes of 100 NICU infants to these same outcomes following the implementation of a developmentally supportive, infant driven feeding program with the NICU staff, specifically the Supporting Oral Feeding in Fragile Infants (SOFFI) infant feeding program on a second sample of 100 NICU infants at Children's Memorial Hospital. The specific research questions considered in this study are: 1. What is the impact of implementing the SOFFI on the oral feeding outcomes of medically fragile infants in the NICU at discharge and at 3 months post-term? 2. What is the impact of implementing the SOFFI on the growth outcomes of medically fragile infants in the NICU at discharge and at 3 months post-term? 3. What is the impact of implementing the SOFFI on the length of stay of medically fragile infants in the NICU? 4. What is the impact of implementing the SOFFI on the clarity and consistency of NICU staff evaluations and communications related to managing oral feedings with medically fragile infants?
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01666457
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 156 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 3 Months to 5 Months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2009
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2011
- Completion
- Jun 29, 2017
- Last update posted
- Aug 16, 2018
2009 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
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- Last update posted Aug 16, 2018 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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