FindTrial
Sign In

Does Adding Pacifier Sucking to Mouth Exercises Help Preterm Babies Start Full Feeding Faster?

Efficacy of Oromotor Stimulation and Non Nutritive Sucking vs Non Nutritive Sucking alone on Transition from Gavage to Full Oral Feeding in Preterm Neonates: A Randomized controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/07/092126
Enrollment
70
Registered
2025-07-31
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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

Conditions

Health Condition 1: P84- Other problems with newborn

Interventions

Intervention1: Oromotor Stimulation and Non Nutritive Sucking: Neonates in the intervention group will be given oral motor intervention for 5 minutes according to the program proposed by Fucile et al.
3 times a day at an interval of 6 hours till the baby achieves Complete Oral Feed. Control Intervention1: Non Nutritive Sucking: Neonates in the comparator group will be given oral motor intervention

Sponsors

Ritika Agrawal
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Preterm Neonates admitted in NICU. Preterm Neonates having stable vital signs and have been started with total gavage feeding.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Preterm Neonates who are haemodynamically unstable Preterm Neonates having facial oral congenital anomaly. Preterm Neonates without their mothers

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the efficacy of Oromotor Stimulation and Non Nutritive Sucking with Non Nutritive Sucking alone with respect to number of days taken for transition from gavage feeding to full oral feeding in Preterm Neonates.Timepoint: Time of delivery will be taken as day 1 and duration in days of transition from gavage to full oral feeding will be taken into consideration—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To compare the efficacy of Oromotor Stimulation and Non Nutritive Sucking with Non Nutritive Sucking alone with respect to weight gain in Preterm NeonatesTimepoint: Time of delivery will be taken as day 1 and the neonate will be weighed daily till the transition from gavage to full oral feeding—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactRitika Agrawal

N. K. P. Salve Institute Of Medical Sciences and Research Centre And Lata Mangeshkar Hospital

dranjaliedbor@gmail.com9822470808

Outcome results

None listed

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