# Early Total Enteral Feeding Versus Conventional Enteral Feeding in Stable Very Low Birth Weight Infants

> **NCT02187978** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Lady Hardinge Medical College** · enrollment: 180 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Nutrition of Preterm Infants

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Early total enteral feeding (ETEF)
- **OTHER:** Conventional enteral feeding (CEF)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02187978
- **Lead sponsor:** Lady Hardinge Medical College
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-07
- **Primary completion:** 2015-06
- **Final completion:** 2015-07
- **Target enrollment:** 180 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-09-29


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02187978

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02187978, "Early Total Enteral Feeding Versus Conventional Enteral Feeding in Stable Very Low Birth Weight Infants". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02187978. Licensed CC0.

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