Monitoring Growth of Preterm Infants

NCT ID: NCT01869153

Last Updated: 2018-09-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Total Enrollment: 48 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2018-07-10

Brief Summary

Growth is poor in preterm infants, partly due to difficulty identifying when growth is slow. The investigators will examine the use of a computer program to try and identify periods of growth slowing in preterm babies, and compare those results to the usual assessments made on patient care rounds.

Detailed Description

We wish to examine the use of a mathematical modeling system to see if it can detect poor growth better (and more quickly) than we can clinically. To do this, we need to know what the clinical team think about a baby's growth day-to-day. However, after rounds the fellow or NNP with fill in a sheet to say what the team thought about the baby's growth (was it okay, too slow, too fast etc.), and whether any changes were made to improve the baby's growth (e.g. increased feed volume, change in composition of feeds etc.). After the baby is discharged home, weight data from the EMR will be entered into the program to try and identify times where growth slowed (or where growth was faster than expected). We will compare the results of the computer program and the record of the clinical teams thoughts on the ward round, to see if the computer program identified growth slowing more quickly than the clinical team did.

Conditions

Prematurity

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: OTHER

Study Groups

Preterm infants

Preterm infants born at either \<32 weeks gestation or \< 1750g birth weight

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Birth weight < 1750g gestational age < 32w at birth

Exclusion Criteria

2. Currently receiving parenteral nutrition or intravenous lipids

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of California, Davis

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Ian Griffin, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, Davis

Locations

NICU, University of California, Davis

Sacramento, California, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

UCD-308519

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

308519

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id