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Oral Care With Breast Milk in Preterm Newborns Fed by Tube

Oral Care With Breast Milk in Preterm Newborns Fed by Tube:A Randomized Controlled Study

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06129266
Enrollment
64
Registered
2023-11-13
Start date
2024-01-15
Completion date
2024-06-21
Last updated
2024-06-25

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

Conditions

Breastmilk, Oral Care

Keywords

breastmilk, oral care, newborn

Brief summary

It was conducted to evaluate Oral Care with Breast Milk in Preterm Newborns Fed by Tube

Detailed description

Newborns selected according to the randomization group will receive nursing care, including oral care and feeding, from the same person twice a day, at 09:00 in the morning and 15:00 in the afternoon. Breast milk (BM) will be used for oral care. At each treatment, two ml BM should be dropped onto sterile gauze to clean the cheeks, tongue and palate. Process steps; After hand hygiene is achieved, it will be done using disposable gloves.

Interventions

OTHERoral care with breastmilk

No intervention will be applied to the control group other than oral care with sterile distilled water, which is routine clinical practice.

Sponsors

Karabuk University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
28 Weeks to 33 Weeks
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* -Staying in the neonatal intensive care unit * Being fed by gavage * Babies with no oral intake (nonperoral-NPO) * Babies fed with breast milk and/or formula

Exclusion criteria

* Babies who are exclusively breastfed * Cleft palate/lip * Major congenital anomaly * Intubated babies

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Oral Care with Breast Milk in Tube-Fed Preterm Newborns: Randomized Controlled Studyfrom the same person twice a day, at 09:00 in the morning and 15:00 in the afternoon.Oral care

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026