Status:
COMPLETED
Weighted Pacifier Vs. Non-Weighted Pacifier
Lead Sponsor:
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Conditions:
Non-nutritive Sucking
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-37 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study will determine if it is beneficial to use a weighted pacifier in neonates.
Detailed Description
RCI-Pacifiers have been utilized for decades in the NICU to provide benifical Non-Nutritive Suck. They have been instrumental in transitioning premature infants from gavage to breast feeding Yiallouer...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion
- 30 week-37.6 gestational age
- Patient is admitted to the NICU
- The patient has the ability to suck as noted in the patient's infant assessment flow sheet prior to enrollment
- Exclusion
- Patient with an oral pharyngeal defect
- Patient with an oral feeding tube
- Patient with any medical reason that deems them unfit for the study as '''''''determined by the neonatologist
- Patient with sustained apnea during sucking
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 19 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 18 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
45 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04095702
Start Date
September 19 2019
End Date
November 18 2021
Last Update
July 26 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Englewood Health
Englewood, New Jersey, United States, 07631