Status:

RECRUITING

GERD Infant Feeding Therapeutics Trial (GIFT Trial)

Lead Sponsor:

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Conditions:

GERD in Infants

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-8 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The goal of this investigator-initiated, single-center, randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to compare the effects of four weeks of three therapies on clinical and mechanistic outcomes based on pH-Im...

Detailed Description

In consented subjects, eligibility is determined after initial diagnostic 24-hour pH Impedance test. These subjects will be randomized to one of the 3 arms of the study (natural maturation, PPI, AR fo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • NICU infants of any gestational age who are between 37 - 47 weeks postmenstrual age at inception of the study meeting the following requirements:
  • GERD diagnosis using pH-impedance criteria (Acid Reflux Index ≥ 3% plus at least one of the following: # GER events \>70 / day, Symptom Associated Probability ≥ 95%, Discal Baseline Impedance \< 900 Ω)
  • Full enteral feeds
  • No current GERD therapies

Exclusion

  • Known lethal chromosomal abnormalities or complex congenital syndromes
  • Severe neurologic pathologies requiring neuroactive medications or neurosurgery
  • Positive airway pressure or oxygen flow \> 4 LPM
  • Upper gastrointestinal malformations requiring surgery

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 14 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2028

Estimated Enrollment :

369 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06114836

Start Date

March 14 2024

End Date

November 1 2028

Last Update

October 4 2024

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Nationwide Children's Hospita

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43215