Status:

COMPLETED

Cycled Light and Crying of Preterm Infants

Lead Sponsor:

University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Conditions:

Crying

Sleep

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study shows that cycled light during neonatal care reduces infant's fussing and crying behavior at 5 and 11 weeks corrected age and improves growth during neonatal care.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • very preterm infants (≤ 32 0/7 weeks gestational age, GA)

Exclusion

  • major cerebral injuries such as intraventricular haemorrhage grade III (according to Papile 16) or periventricular leukomalacia or venous infarction (according to Govaert and de Vries 17) diagnosed by cranial ultrasound
  • retinopathy of prematurity grade III and IV
  • congenital malformations
  • small for gestational age (birth weight \< 3rd percentile)
  • prenatal infections
  • intrauterine drug exposure

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

37 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01513226

Start Date

June 1 2006

End Date

September 1 2008

Last Update

January 20 2012

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