An observational study in Infant, Newborn, Diseases, Bowel Sounds and Physiologic Monitoring, sponsored by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 1 Minute to 30 Weeks. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-03.
Sponsored by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre · Observational
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This pilot study aims to evaluate the feasibility and safety of continuous bowel sound monitoring in healthy term newborn infants using a novel wireless acoustic monitoring system. Participants will undergo a single 4-hour recording during routine postnatal care while bowel sounds are continuously recorded using wearable abdominal sensors. Feasibility will be assessed by participant recruitment and study completion, as well as the acquisition of high-quality, analyzable acoustic data. Bowel sounds will be characterized by assessing the temporal and spectral features of bowel sounds during the early neonatal period and exploring their relationship with routine caregiving activities and feeding.
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This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 100 across 49 observational studies indexed under Infant, Newborn, Diseases.
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Healthy term newborns in the postpartum unit.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Feasibility of wireless acoustic monitoring of bowel sounds.
1. Consent Rate: Proportion of families approached for study participation who provide informed consent. 2. Recording Completion Rate: Proportion of enrolled infants who complete the planned 4-hour monitoring session. 3. Usable Data Yield: Proportion of the total recording duration included in the final analysis after exclusion of segments unsuitable for bowel sound analysis due to motion artifact, environmental noise, or technical signal loss.
Time frame: 1 year
Characteristics of bowel sounds
bowel sound frequency content, power spectral density, root mean square (RMS) signal amplitude, bowel sound occurrence over time, and their temporal relationship to feeding and other annotated clinical events
Time frame: 1 year
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Start is estimated for Sep 2026; primary completion for Sep 2027, 12 months later.
Of 32 observational studies under Infant, Newborn, Diseases, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 39. This study's planned 12 months is below that.
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