Preterm Newborn's Behavioral Responses During Feeding With Gastric Tube (PREMALIM)

University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Premature Birth

Treatments: Other: Oro or Nasogastric tube feeding

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06634329

CE-2024-56

Details and patient eligibility

About

Preterm infants need aims of a tube named oral or naso gastric to grow until they acquire autonomy in suction-swallowing.

In fact, several modes feed by a gastric tube exist : using an electric syringe pump (continuous administration), or manual and individualization administration. In this second case, milk can be delivered by gravity, depending on the height the syringe is placed above the infant, or by manually pushing on the syringe. Milk can be administrated by nurses or by the parents after a learning period.

In this observational study, we would like to compare the preterm infants' behavioral during these different naso or oro gastric feeding modes by observing well-being signs and withdrawal signs (Dsilna grid) on video settings.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hospitalized at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg during October 2024 and October 2025
• Needing nasogastric tube feeding during at least 4 days
• With parents (legal representants) having expressed their agreement with the use of video recording in the framework of the current study

Exclusion criteria

• ORL malformations
• Neurological dysfunction
• Sedated infant