Study on sonographic measurement of the abdominal organs in premature infants with a birth length <40cm

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036242

Enrollment

Registered

2025-02-24

Start date

2024-04-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

Sonographic examination of healthy premature babies

Interventions

Group 1: Sonographic measurement of the abdominal organs in healthy premature babies with a body length < 40 cm, for the evaluation of normal values

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Body length < 40cm

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Syndromic underlying disease - Severe malformations (lung, heart, liver, kidney, intestine), severe infection, hepatopathy, hyper/hypotrophy, lack of consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Thestudy objective is to measure the size of the abdominal organs in order to establish standard values for very small premature babies (<40cm), which are currently only incompletely available	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Follow-up checks at 6 and 12 months to evaluate whether the children are growing into existing percentiles	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBettina Bohnhorst

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

bohnhorst.bettina@mh-hannover.de+495115328895

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026