WithHolding Enteral Feeds Around Blood Transfusion (International)
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- Up to 30 Weeks
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Other
- Participants needed
- 4,333 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre · Other
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About This Trial
The WHEAT International trial is a comparative effectiveness trial exploring whether withholding enteral feeds around the time of blood transfusion in very premature infants (\<30 weeks) will reduce the occurrence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC). Currently both continued feeding and withholding feeding are approved care practices. The current study will randomize infants from Neonatal Intensive…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1\. Preterm birth at \<30+0 gestational weeks + days
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Parent(s) opt-out of trial participation.
2. Packed red cell transfusion with concurrent enteral feeds prior to enrolment. (Infants who have received a packed red cell transfusion while nil-by-mouth ar…
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