Status:
COMPLETED
Cycled Light and Crying of Preterm Infants
Lead Sponsor:
University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Conditions:
Crying
Sleep
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- very preterm infants (≤ 32 0/7 weeks gestational age, GA)
Exclusion
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
37 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01513226
Start Date
June 1 2006
End Date
September 1 2008
Last Update
January 20 2012
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