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Standardized Application of Feeding Evaluations Using SMART Tool
Who can join
Up to age 1 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Infants born between August 1, 2025, and July 31, 2026, AND admitted to NICU Exclusion Criteria: * No oral feeding started by July 15, 2026
About the study
Premature and medically complex infants have delayed development of oral feeding skills, leading to prolonged hospitalization, costs, and family stress. There is no "gold standard" infant feeding skill assessment tool for bedside clinicians. The research team developed a novel feeding skill assessment, the SMART Tool, to monitor infant feeding skill development in the neonatal intensive care unit. This study aims to determine whether this tool improves clinical outcomes, including reduced hospital days and enhanced safety and quality of infant feedings.
What is being tested
- SMART Tool (behavioral)
Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Participants: 3,500 · Started: Aug 1, 2025
Contact the study team
- Ravi Mishra, MBBS,MD,FAAP · Phone: 804.464.7472
- Cynthia Liracrame, RN · Phone: 773.296.7977
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07136610
Locations in the U.S.
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.