Taste and Smell to improve milk tolerance in preterm infants

Exposing preterm infants to the taste and smell of their milk, or not exposing them to the taste and smell of their milk to investigate the effect on milk tolerance

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000661673

Acronym

FLIP - Flavour for Infants born Preterm

Enrollment

Registered

2014-06-24

Start date

2014-03-07

Completion date

2015-04-30

Last updated

2022-02-21

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

We believe that exposure to the taste and smell of milk before and during tube-feeding in very preterm infants may lead to better milk tolerance, and subsequent better growth.

Interventions

Intervention group Infants will be exposed to the smell and taste of milk during tube-feeding. The milk taste will be provided with a cotton wool bud dipped in milk. Additionally, a cotton wool pad with a drop of milk will be place on front of the infant’s nose to provide the milk odor for the duration of the feed. The intervention is continued until the infants start suck feeds.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Primary purpose

Treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to 5 Days

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Preterm infants less than 29 weeks gestational age

Exclusion criteria

older than 29 weeks gestation at birth

Outcome results