Speech therapy Oral Health Cleft lip
Conditions
Interventions
Infants recruited are randomised to be managed with or without baby plates. Minimisation is used to ensure that groups are similar with respect to sex and birth order.
Sponsors
Action Medical Research (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Infants born with an isolated cleft of the palate (soft palate and 2/3 of the hard palate) or complete unilateral cleft of the lip and palate and who are referred to the twin site cleft lip and palate centre of St Andrews Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Added 07/01/2010: 1. Required cardiac surgery 2. Diagnosed at birth with neurological impairment and/or a syndrome known to adversely affect feeding and/or growth
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Added 08/01/2009: Measurements were made at 3 months of age (pre-surgery) and at 12 months of age (post-surgery): 1. Anthropometry 2. Oral motor skills | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Added 08/01/2009: 1. Objective measures of sucking, collected at 3 months using the Great Ormond Street Measure of Infant Feeding 2. Videofluoroscopic assessment (in 21 participants only) | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed