Facilitate the Transition From Passive Feeding to Active Feeding in Preterm Infants Through Early Play

Feeding Behavior Clinical Trial

— ALIJEU  

Official title:

Facilitate the Transition From Passive Feeding to Active Feeding in Preterm Infants Through Early Play

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03651258
• Other study ID #: ALIJEU
• Status: Completed
• Start date: September 19, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The approach described here is based both on theoretical concepts and on the work of several teams of researchers. By positioning the baby and the appropriate adult, a speech bath, a sustained look and an expressive face, it is hypothesized that this early communication exercise will significantly improve the transition from passive feeding, active feeding of the premature child, from a qualitative and quantitative point of view.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 59
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: May 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 4 Weeks

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age of child at birth: <32 WA justified by the greater prevalence of oral disorders in these children.

• Age of the child at the start of the study: 35 WA, ie at the beginning of the establishment of active feeding within the unit.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with oral malformations

• Contra-indication to the realization to the ALIJEU (infection in progress, hemodynamic instability, etc.)

• Medical contraindications to oral diet

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Feeding Behavior
• Immature Newborn

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Implementation of ALIJEU
The intervention concerns the passage from the passive feed (gastric tube) to the active feed (breast, feeding bottle). We propose to set up a pleasant moment just before his meal. This is a practical exercise of a few minutes. The aim of this special moment is to facilitate child-adult exchanges, improve active food intake and reduce the length of hospital stay.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	CHI Créteil	Créteil	Ile De France

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	age at the stoppage of enteral nutrition		37 weeks of gestation
Secondary	Duration of feeding	Duration of the feeding in case of early game play	37 weeks of gestation
Secondary	Quantities drunk	Evaluate the quantities drunk in case of early game play	37 weeks of gestation
Secondary	Awakening	Duration of the the newborn's waking state at the time of suckling	37 weeks of gestation
Secondary	Visual analogic scale for Satisfaction from 0 to 10	Assessing the satisfaction of the ALIJEU practice for the mother and the care team	37 weeks of gestation