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Giving full feeding on first day of life to decrease hospital stay and early discharge versus starting of minimal feeding on first day of life gradually increasing the feeding

Early Exclusive Enteral Feeding Versus Conventional Feeding In Stable Very Low Birth Weight Preemies

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/11/047638
Enrollment
100
Registered
2022-11-24
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-01-09

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: P00-P96- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

Interventions

Intervention1: Exclusive enteral feeding: Starting from 80 ml/kg/day and daily increasing feeding by 15ml/kg/day according to protocol till the full feeding to be reached for 5 days. Control Intervent

Sponsors

Kodavathu Siva Naik
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Very low birth weight preemies . Hemodynamically stable babies(heart rate, respiratory rate, Spo2, capillary refilling time are normal). Inborn babies received within 3hrs of life. Out born patient not received intravenous fluid .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Neonates born with severe life threatening congenital malformations involving bran, lung, kidney, heart. Neonates with syndromes

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
We can know the post-natal age of attainment of full enteral feeding in both groups and we can assess the time taken to regain birth weight in both grouosTimepoint: 2 week for exclusive enteral feeding group,3 weeks for conventional feeding group

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
We can know the complications occurs in both groups and in which the complications( sepsis, hypoglycemia) are moreTimepoint: We can know the complications occurs in both groups in 1 week so that we can provide appropriate treatment and reduce hospital stay

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSanjukta Panda

VIMSAR, BURLA

drsanjukta222@gmail.com9437346473

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026