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Not yet recruitingNCT05117164CARDIOFEEDUpdated Jul 20, 2022

Enteral Feeding in Infants With Duct Dependant Lesions.

An interventional study of enteral feeding as per predefined protocol in Duct Dependent Lesions, Necrotising Enterocolitis and Death, sponsored by Princess Anna Mazowiecka Hospital, Warsaw, Poland. Not yet recruiting at 2 sites in Poland. Open to participants aged 1 Minute to 72 Hours. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-07-20.

Sponsored by Princess Anna Mazowiecka Hospital, Warsaw, Poland · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2025, 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
384
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
1 Minute to 72 Hours
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a multicenter randomised controlled trial to assess whether standardised enteral feeding in newborns with duct dependenty congenital heart disease decreases the risk of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). The investigators plan to include a total 384 infants. The study will be carried out in three level III hospitals in Poland. The primary end will be NEC and/or death. Secondary end points include weight gain, hospital length of stay, time required to reach full feeding.

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Conditions studied

  • Duct Dependent Lesions
  • Necrotising Enterocolitis
  • Death
  • Growth

Keywords

  • congenital heart disease
  • nutrition
  • growth
  • newborn
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In context

Enterocolitis, Necrotizing

228 studies on the registry are indexed under Enterocolitis, Necrotizing; 44 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 384 is above the median of 103 across 127 interventional studies indexed under Enterocolitis, Necrotizing.

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Lead sponsor

Princess Anna Mazowiecka Hospital, Warsaw, Poland is the lead sponsor of 14 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Minute to 72 Hours
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Duct dependent congenital heart disease
  2. Term infants
  3. Parental/legal guardian consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

  1. Potential contradictions to early central feeding
  2. Feeding intolerance
  3. Hemodynamic instability
  4. Death
  5. > 50% formula based enteral feeding
  6. Birth weight less than 2500g
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
384 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • No intervention
    control group

    Patients will receive enteral feeding based on the practice of the leading physician.

  • Experimental
    intervention

    Infants will receive enteral feeding based on the following protocol. Enteral nutrition Minimal enteral nutrition (MEN) will begin within 72 hours life at 10 to 20. mL/kg/day, via bolus gravity breast milk/donor human milk. MEN will not be included in the caloric goals. Advancements in feeding will be set at 20-30 mL/kg/day, but not more than 10ml per feeding portion to reach a goal of 150ml/kg/day, but not than 120ml/kg/day cases of fluid restriction). The goal will be to reach an overall daily caloric intake of minimum 100kcal/kg/d.

    Other: enteral feeding as per predefined protocol

Interventions

  • Otherenteral feeding as per predefined protocol

    Infants will receive enteral feeding based on the following protocol. Enteral nutrition Minimal enteral nutrition (MEN) will begin within 72 hours life at 10 to 20. mL/kg/day, via bolus gravity breast milk/donor human milk. MEN will not be included in the caloric goals. Advancements in feeding will be set at 20-30 mL/kg/day, but not more than 10ml per feeding portion to reach a goal of 150ml/kg/day, but not than 120ml/kg/day cases of fluid restriction). The goal will be to reach an overall daily caloric intake of minimum 100kcal/kg/d.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of final diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).

    Number of infants diagnosed with NEC.

    Time frame: up to two weeks life

  2. Proportion of death

    Death rate.

    Time frame: up to two weeks life

Secondary outcomes

  1. growth

    centimeters per week.

    Time frame: Number of infants with a significant median change from baseline within 12 months

  2. Proportion of number of interrupted feedings

    per day.

    Time frame: final value within 4 weeks

  3. Final median value of Vasoactive support

    per day.

    Time frame: within 4 weeks

  4. Median change from baseline of protein intake

    grams/kg

    Time frame: within 4 weeks

  5. Median change from baseline of caloric intake

    kcal/kg/day

    Time frame: within 4 weeks

  6. Proportion of final value of days required to reach full enteral feeding

    days

    Time frame: within 4 weeks

  7. Proportion of final value of days on mechanical ventilation

    days

    Time frame: within 4 weeks

  8. Proportion of final value of days required to regain birth weight

    grams

    Time frame: within 4 weeks

  9. Median change from baseline of breastfeeding of > 50%

    per study arm

    Time frame: within 12 months

  10. Proportion of culture proven late onset sepsis

    per group

    Time frame: 4 weeks

Other outcomes

  1. Proportion of final value of age at transfer

    months

    Time frame: 4 weeks

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Study locations

2 sites
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References and documents

Publications

  • Seliga-Siwecka J, Plotko A, Wojcik-Sep A, Bokiniec R, Latka-Grot J, Zuk M, Furmanczyk K, Zielinski W, Chrzanowska M. Effect of standardized vs. local preoperative enteral feeding practice on the incidence of NEC in infants with duct dependent lesions: Protocol for a randomized control trial. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Sep 8;9:893764. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.893764. eCollection 2022. PubMed 36158805 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 20, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05117164
Lead sponsor
Princess Anna Mazowiecka Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
Responsible party
Joanna Seliga-Siwecka (Principal investigator, Princess Anna Mazowiecka Hospital, Warsaw, Poland) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 11, 2021
Start date
Aug 10, 2022 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 20, 2022

Study contacts

Ariel Płotko, MD
Contact
plotko.ariel@gmail.com
004822596136
Renata Bokiniec, MD PhD
Contact
rbokiniec@wp.pl
004822596155
Renata Bokiniec, MD PhD
study chair · Medical University of Warsaw
Joanna Seliga-Siwecka, MD PhD
study director · Medical University of Warsaw
Ariel Płotko
principal investigator · Medical University of Warsaw
Agata Wojcik-Sep
principal investigator · Medical University of Warsaw

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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