NCT03217045

Nutrition Protocol and Premature Infants' Growth

Impact of Introducing a Standardized Nutrition Protocol on Very Premature Infants' Growth and Morbidity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 158 (actual)
• Sponsor: Central Hospital, Nancy, France · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 77 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Nutrition is a major issue for premature infants. Inappropriate nutritional intake during the first weeks of life is responsible for postnatal growth restriction and adverse long-term outcomes. This study aimed at evaluating the impact of the introduction of an updated, standardized, nutrition protocol on very premature infants' growth and morbidity, and the care givers' compliance to the new protocol.

Conditions

• Premature Infants
• Nutrition Deficiency Due to Insufficient Food
• Growth Retardation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	nutrition protocol introduction	Growth comparison of 2 cohorts of infants evaluated in a before-after design

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-31
• Completion: 2017-04-01
• First posted: 2017-07-13
• Last updated: 2023-02-15