NCT02003287

Comparing FEES to VFSS in Diagnosing Laryngeal Penetration and Aspiration in Infants in the NICU

Determining the Efficacy of Using FEES Compared to VFSS to Diagnose Laryngeal Penetration and Aspiration in Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: Baylor Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 37 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main purpose of the study is to determine whether the Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) is effective in detecting laryngeal penetration and tracheal aspiration when compared with the Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study (VFSS) in bottle-feeding infants in the NICU. A secondary objective is to determine whether FEES can be used to detect laryngeal penetration and tracheal aspiration in breastfeeding NICU infants.

Conditions

• Deglutition Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	VFSS	Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study
OTHER	FEES	Fiberoptic Endoscopic Swallow Study

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-11-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2014-10-01
• First posted: 2013-12-06
• Last updated: 2015-03-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States