Bottle-feeding in infants: a randomized and controlled clinical trial to suction behaviour by use of feading teats with and without anticolic system

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00004885

Enrollment

Registered

2013-04-16

Start date

2013-11-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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

Conditions

R10.4

Interventions

Group 1: Sucking behaiviour in infants using a feading teat with an anticolic system: NUK First Choice PLUS feeding teat with valve, silicone and NUK Classic Polypropylene bottle 240 ml, 30 infants se

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 Days to 8 Months

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: There will be recruited healthy newborns / infants, where the parents have decided for bottle feeding. Infants must be carried at least up to the term of the 37th week of pregnancy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Already known intolerances to food components, as well as temporarily breastfeeding. Moreover, no twins or multiple births are included in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
At the beginning of trial participation the parents will be handed out a documentation sheet and one randomly allocated feeding teat with a corresponding bottle for their infant. Then the parents feed their infant at home exclusively with the assigned bottle and feeding teat. In this period, they document the child's behavior (drinking behavior, colic behavior) in the documentation sheet handed out. After an acclimatization period of 14 to 21 days, the parents visit the UKM (University clinic of Münster) with their child. Here a parent feeds the infant as usual with the allotted feeding teat and the corresponding bottle with the usual determined by the parents themselves bottle contents until the child has finished or no longer wants to drink. The first 10 to 15 minutes (depending on the age of the child) are being watched by an examiner to observe appropriate sucks and pauses during the feeding process and is being documented. Moreover, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation of the child (ECG monitor VitaGuard VG3100) are being recorded simultaneously.	—

Measure

Time frame

At the beginning of trial participation the parents will be handed out a documentation sheet and one randomly allocated feeding teat with a corresponding bottle for their infant. Then the parents feed their infant at home exclusively with the assigned bottle and feeding teat. In this period, they document the child's behavior (drinking behavior, colic behavior) in the documentation sheet handed out. After an acclimatization period of 14 to 21 days, the parents visit the UKM (University clinic of Münster) with their child. Here a parent feeds the infant as usual with the allotted feeding teat and the corresponding bottle with the usual determined by the parents themselves bottle contents until the child has finished or no longer wants to drink. The first 10 to 15 minutes (depending on the age of the child) are being watched by an examiner to observe appropriate sucks and pauses during the feeding process and is being documented. Moreover, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation of the child (ECG monitor VitaGuard VG3100) are being recorded simultaneously.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMarina Kreitschmann

Poliklinik für Kieferorthopädie, Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Münster

nkreitschmann@gmx.de0176-20614942

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 24, 2026