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Maternal Voice Exposure for Tube Feeding

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Waitlist Available

Led By Shabnam Lainwala, MBBS, PhD

Research Sponsored by Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up through study completion, average 40 weeks post menstrual age

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Study Summary

This trial will help determine if premature infants will eat more if they listen to their mother's voice before being fed.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ through study completion, average 40 weeks post menstrual age

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~through study completion, average 40 weeks post menstrual age

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and through study completion, average 40 weeks post menstrual age for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Oral feeding volume

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Maternal Voice ExposureExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Infants enrolled will be exposed to maternal voice for 20 min immediately prior to being offered oral feedings. This exposure will be conducted 2 times a day until infant starts taking all enteral feeds orally.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Maternal Voice Exposure

2020

N/A

~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Connecticut Children's Medical CenterLead Sponsor

71 Previous Clinical Trials

31,489 Total Patients Enrolled

Shabnam Lainwala, MBBS, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorConnecticut Children's Medical Center

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is there currently an enrollment period for this scientific experiment?

"As evidenced on clinicaltrials.gov, this research study is no longer recruiting participants; it was initially posted in March 2020 and last modified January 2022. However, there are other trials that have open recruitments at present."

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To which demographic is this research trial available?

"This experiment is accepting 25 neonates with enteral feeding, who were born between 28 0/7 and 34 6/7 weeks gestation. Additionally, candidates should be prepared to start oral feeding attempts, have been consuming less than 50% of their daily feeds for two days prior to enrolment, and come from English-speaking households in which the parent or guardian is at least 18 years old."

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Does the study allow individuals aged 45 and over to participate?

"Patients that meet the conditions of this trial must be between 28 and 40 weeks in age. There are 4 trials for those below 18 years old, as well as 4 specialized studies available to seniors aged 65 or higher."

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Recent research and studies

Journal of PerinatologyJournal

Effect of Maternal Voice on Proportion of Oral Feeding in Preterm Infants

Chhikara, Aditya, James I. Hagadorn, and Shabnam Lainwala. 2022. “Effect of Maternal Voice on Proportion of Oral Feeding in Preterm Infants”. Journal of Perinatology. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41372-022-01493-4.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Studying the Influence of Exposure to Maternal Voice on Oral Feeding Volumes in Preterm Infants

Shabnam Lainwala 2020. "Studying the Influence of Exposure to Maternal Voice on Oral Feeding Volumes in Preterm Infants". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05181020.