# The Influence of Skin-to-skin Contact on Cortical Activity During Painful Procedures on Preterm Infants in the NICU

> **NCT03745963** · PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **IWK Health Centre** · enrollment: 126 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Pain, Acute
- Infant, Newborn
- Electroencephalography

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Skin-to-skin contact
- **DRUG:** 24% oral sucrose

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03745963
- **Lead sponsor:** IWK Health Centre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2018-11-19
- **Primary completion:** 2020-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2021-03-31
- **Target enrollment:** 126 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2018-11-21

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03745963

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03745963, "The Influence of Skin-to-skin Contact on Cortical Activity During Painful Procedures on Preterm Infants in the NICU". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03745963. Licensed CC0.

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