Light treatment (phototherapy) from multiple directions is significantly better than unidirectional light treatment in this pilot study of term breast-fed infants with jaundice

Multidirectional phototherapy versus phototherapy from below for severe neonatal jaundice: a pilot study in Home phototherapy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN88608924

Enrollment

Registered

2026-01-29

Start date

2022-03-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

Severe neonatal jaundice Neonatal Diseases

Interventions

Study patients were comprised of infants referred to a single licensed/accredited home health agency in Rhode Island by their outpatient pediatrician for home phototherapy for neonatal jaundice. All i

the infants in our study were diagnosed with jaundice in the office of their pediatrician at the first office visit post-hospital discharge. In addition, only exclusively breastfeeding dyads were enro

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

2 Days to 10 Days

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Hyper bilirubinemia 2. Breast-fed 3. Term 4. Otherwise well

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Hospitalized 2. Premature 3. Those are received phototherapy in the hospital prior to discharge 4. Non-breast-fed infants

Countries

United States of America

Contacts

Public ContactSusanna;Susanna Magee;Magee

;

susannamagee@gmail.com;smagee@primehealthcare.org+1 4017671576;+1 4017671576

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026