Trial | NCT01799629  Report issue

Official Title

Efficacy of Prophylactic Glycerin Suppositories for Feeding Intolerance in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants: a Randomized Trial

  • Phase

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Recruiting

  • Intervention/Treatment

    glycerin ...

  • Study Participants

    220
To evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic glycerin suppositories will accelerate the elimination of meconium from the large intestine and thus reduce the incidence of feeding intolerance in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants
Study Started
Mar 31
2013
Primary Completion
Dec 31
2022
Anticipated
Study Completion
Jan 31
2023
Anticipated
Last Update
Mar 31
2022

Drug Glycerin suppositories

Intervention Experimental

Intervention group will receive the glycerin suppository

Control No Intervention

Normal care

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

Preterm infants with birth weight < 1250g.
Inborn or outborn infants
Less than 72 hours of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

Congenital malformations.
Acute abdomen needing surgical intervention.
Severity of illness such that death is likely in the first few days after birth.
Inability to get the parental consent.
No Results Posted