Cycled Light and Crying of Preterm Infants

NCT ID: NCT01513226

Last Updated: 2012-01-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

37 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-06-30

Study Completion Date

2008-09-30

Brief Summary

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This study shows that cycled light during neonatal care reduces infant's fussing and crying behavior at 5 and 11 weeks corrected age and improves growth during neonatal care.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Crying Sleep

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Dim light

Day and nighttime dim light conditions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cycled light

Intervention Type OTHER

lights on at daytime, lights off at nighttime

Interventions

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Cycled light

lights on at daytime, lights off at nighttime

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* very preterm infants (≤ 32 0/7 weeks gestational age, GA)

Exclusion Criteria

* major cerebral injuries such as intraventricular haemorrhage grade III (according to Papile 16) or periventricular leukomalacia or venous infarction (according to Govaert and de Vries 17) diagnosed by cranial ultrasound
* retinopathy of prematurity grade III and IV
* congenital malformations
* small for gestational age (birth weight \< 3rd percentile)
* prenatal infections
* intrauterine drug exposure
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Children's Hospital, Zurich

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Oskar Jenni, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Children's Hospital Zurich

References

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Guyer C, Huber R, Fontijn J, Bucher HU, Nicolai H, Werner H, Molinari L, Latal B, Jenni OG. Very preterm infants show earlier emergence of 24-hour sleep-wake rhythms compared to term infants. Early Hum Dev. 2015 Jan;91(1):37-42. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.11.002. Epub 2014 Nov 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25460255 (View on PubMed)

Guyer C, Huber R, Fontijn J, Bucher HU, Nicolai H, Werner H, Molinari L, Latal B, Jenni OG. Cycled light exposure reduces fussing and crying in very preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2012 Jul;130(1):e145-51. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2671. Epub 2012 Jun 11.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22689866 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CH-160.7.002.920-3

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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