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NCT06371443

Suction and Swalloing Exercises for Premature Babies

Completed NA Last updated 3 July 2024
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Sucking and swallowing exercises in Premature Infant in 82 participants. Completed in 1 August 2022.

Timeline
3 December 2021
Primary endpoint
1 June 2022
1 August 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsorIstanbul Medipol University Hospital
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposesupportive care
Enrollment82
Start date3 December 2021
Primary completion1 June 2022
Estimated completion1 August 2022
Sites1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 34 Weeks to 37 Weeks, any sex, with Premature Infant. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Underdeveloped oral structures of preterm infants cause feeding problems. Therefore, the development of sucking reflexes of premature babies should be supported. This study aimed to investigate the effect of suck-swallow training on the transition to oral feeding in premature infants. The study was conducted as a randomized controlled experimental trial in the NICU of a public hospital in Istanbul. The study sample consisted of 82 premature infants. Of these infants, 41 were assigned to the experimental group and 41 to the control group. Study data were collected using the investigator-developed Premature Infant Data Collection Form and Early Feeding Skills Assessment Tool. Throughout the study, preterm infants in the experimental group (n=41) were given suck-swallow exercises for 12 minutes once a day before feeding for 14 days. SPSS21 was used to analyze the data.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. The Effect of Suckling and Swallowing Exercises During the Transition to Oral Feeding in Premature Infants: Randomized Controlled Study.
    Gökdemir E, Doğan AK. · · 2025 · PMID 40556083 · DOI 10.4103/njcp.njcp_41_25

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