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Study NCT ID:
NCT03230032
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2023-09-13
First Post:
2017-06-22
Is Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Pacifier Activated Device and Mother's Voice in Infants at High-risk for Cerebral Palsy
Sponsor:
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
RCT of Feeding Intervention With Pacifier Activated Device and Mother's Voice in Infants at High-risk for Cerebral Palsy.
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2023-09
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The study seeks to determine the efficacy of non-nutritive suck (NNS) training using a pacifier-activated device (PAM) with mothers' voice to condition suck-strength and rhythmicity, in improving the feeding and developmental outcomes of infants at high-risk for CP.
Detailed Description:
Poor neuromotor and sensory function of the aerodigestive system in children with CP often originates in the neonatal period, when they are still classified as "high-risk for CP". Characteristic neuroimaging abnormalities including severe intraventricular (IVH) hydrocephalus and periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), stroke or ischemia with lesions affect the posterior limb of the internal capsule are strong Indicators of high-risk for CP, especially when combined with abnormal General Movements Assessment (Guidelines for Early Detection of CP; Stockholm, 2016). Early intervention, when plasticity is greatest has the largest impact on functional recovery in CP. While intervening in infancy involves treating some infants who will not develop CP, the goal is to establish new neuronal connections and functional patterns before less efficient adaptations can occur. However, no current interventions target the oral-motor dysfunction of infants at high-risk for CP, before their discharge from the NICU.
Evidence for behavioral interventions in feeding disorders for children with CP ranges from insufficient to moderate, with a clear need for rigorous studies. In healthy preterm and late-preterm infants, oromotor practice opportunities such as non-nutritive suck (NNS) are safe and promote effective suck-swallow-breathe patterns, with decreased time to achieving oral feeds. While NNS opportunities are frequent in most NICUs, they must be adapted for effectiveness in infants at high-risk for CP. Motor learning in these infants must incorporate repetitive, self-initiated and task-directed activities. Learning is optimized when contingent on feedback, such as positive reinforcement.
NNS training (rather than simple exposure) has been implemented successfully using rhythmic sound of mother's voice singing contingent upon suck strength and pattern, as detected by a pacifier-sensor device (Pacifier-activated music; PAM) in an cohort of predominantly healthy preterm infants. An RCT demonstrated that NNS-trained infants had feeding tubes removed one week earlier than controls, with fewer aspiration events and feeding difficulties in infancy. The intervention was promising in the dozen infants with significant neural injury. Following this preliminary data, this study seeks to further determining the efficacy of non-nutritive suck (NNS) training using a pacifier-activated device (PAM) with mothers' voice to condition suck-strength and rhythmicity, in improving the feeding and developmental outcomes of infants at high-risk for CP.
Evidence for behavioral interventions in feeding disorders for children with CP ranges from insufficient to moderate, with a clear need for rigorous studies. In healthy preterm and late-preterm infants, oromotor practice opportunities such as non-nutritive suck (NNS) are safe and promote effective suck-swallow-breathe patterns, with decreased time to achieving oral feeds. While NNS opportunities are frequent in most NICUs, they must be adapted for effectiveness in infants at high-risk for CP. Motor learning in these infants must incorporate repetitive, self-initiated and task-directed activities. Learning is optimized when contingent on feedback, such as positive reinforcement.
NNS training (rather than simple exposure) has been implemented successfully using rhythmic sound of mother's voice singing contingent upon suck strength and pattern, as detected by a pacifier-sensor device (Pacifier-activated music; PAM) in an cohort of predominantly healthy preterm infants. An RCT demonstrated that NNS-trained infants had feeding tubes removed one week earlier than controls, with fewer aspiration events and feeding difficulties in infancy. The intervention was promising in the dozen infants with significant neural injury. Following this preliminary data, this study seeks to further determining the efficacy of non-nutritive suck (NNS) training using a pacifier-activated device (PAM) with mothers' voice to condition suck-strength and rhythmicity, in improving the feeding and developmental outcomes of infants at high-risk for CP.
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
True
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
False
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: