Enhanced Nutrition for Preterm Infants



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Women's Studies
Therapuetic Areas:Reproductive
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any
Updated:10/13/2018
Start Date:August 15, 2017
End Date:July 31, 2019
Contact:Mary Pat Osborne, RN
Email:marypat@umn.edu
Phone:612-624-0581

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Enhanced Early Nutrition for Preterm Infants to Improve Neurodevelopment and Minimize Metabolic Risk

The overall objective of the proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of providing
increased calories and protein in the first week of life to very low birth weight (VLBW)
preterm infants.

Infants will be randomized to receive either standard parenteral nutrition via the neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU) protocol or enhanced parenteral nutrition via the Study protocol
during their first week of life through higher initial macronutrient provision and faster
advancement of macronutrient provision.

Inclusion Criteria:

- VLBW (birth weight <1500grams) preterm (gestational age (GA) at birth < 32 weeks)
infants admitted to the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital NICU, for
which written informed consent can be secured from a parent within 12 hours of birth.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Infants who are diagnosed prenatally with a clinical condition (other than
prematurity) that is known to affect growth rate, adiposity, or neurocognitive
development, who experienced severe birth asphyxia, who are enrolled in another study
affecting nutritional management, or who are likely to be transferred out of the NICU
will be excluded from participation.
We found this trial at
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University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
2450 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454
Principal Investigator: Sara E Ramel, MD
Phone: 612-624-0581
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