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CompletedNCT00565357

Silicone Earplugs for VLBW Newborns in Intensive Care

Silicone Earplugs for VLBW Newborns in Intensive Care: Feasibility, Sound Attenuation, and Outcomes From a Randomized Clinical Trial

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
34 (actual)
Sponsor
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · NIH
Sex
All
Age
7 Days
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of individual noise reduction using silicone earplugs for very low birthweight newborns in neonatal intensive care on growth and development. The study hypothesis was that newborns who were randomized to the earplug group would be heavier than controls at 34 weeks post-menstrual age.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICESilicone EarplugsSilicone earplugs worn from within 1 week of birth through 35 weeks post-menstrual age or hospital discharge, whichever came first
OTHERControlStandard care in the neonatal intensive care unit

Timeline

Start date
2002-06-01
Completion
2005-08-01
First posted
2007-11-29
Last updated
2007-11-29

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00565357. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.