# Effect of Twice Daily Application of Coconut Oil in Reducing Water Loss From Skin of Premature Babies in First Week of Life

> **NCT01758068** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Lady Hardinge Medical College** · enrollment: 74 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Trans Epidermal Water Loss

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Coconut Oil Application

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01758068
- **Lead sponsor:** Lady Hardinge Medical College
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2005-11
- **Primary completion:** 2006-09
- **Final completion:** 2006-12
- **Target enrollment:** 74 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2012-12-31

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01758068

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01758068, "Effect of Twice Daily Application of Coconut Oil in Reducing Water Loss From Skin of Premature Babies in First Week of Life". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01758068. Licensed CC0.

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