NCT04062513

Brief Summary

Repeated and untreated pain can lead to long-term consequences in preterm infants, such as pain hypersensitivity and impaired motor and intellectual development. Studies on the pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for pain management in preterm infants are limited. Thus, we investigated an intervention based on olfactive stimulation with mothers' milk. The aims of this study are: a) Evaluate the effectiveness of an olfactive stimulation intervention with mothers' milk odor on preterm procedural pain; b) Evaluate the effectiveness of adding a period of familiarization previous to the olfactive stimulation intervention with mothers' milk odor on preterm procedural pain. Preterm infants will be recruited and randomly assigned to three groups 1) mothers' milk odor during the nine hours before and during heel-prick, 2) mothers' milk odor during heel-prick, 3) standard care. Pain will be measured using a scale of pain adapted for preterm infants. This procedure with mothers'milk odor is inexpensive and easily performed.This study will significantly contribute to the advancement of knowledge on preterm infants pain management.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

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Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
96

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2019

Status
unknown

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

August 12, 2019

Completed
8 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

August 20, 2019

Completed
12 days until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2019

Completed
1.3 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2020

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2020

Completed
Last Updated

August 20, 2019

Status Verified

August 1, 2019

Enrollment Period

1.3 years

First QC Date

August 12, 2019

Last Update Submit

August 16, 2019

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Pain : Premature Infant Pain Profile-Revised

    Scores range from 0 to 21 where a higher score means more pain, a score less than 6 signifies an absence of pain, and a score greater than 12 indicates moderate to severe pain. The PIPP-R contains four parts: gestational age, state of sleep-awake, physiological parameters, and behavioural parameters.

    Change from baseline every 30 seconds until 120 seconds post heel lance and 30 seconds after the end of blood collection

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • Recovery

    The time required for the preterm infant to return to baseline heart rate levels (should not exceed 5 minutes)

  • Maternal acceptability of the olfactive stimulation intervention : questionnaire

    Immediately post-procedure

Study Arms (3)

Olfactive stimulation intervention with familiarization

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive the olfactive stimulation intervention with mothers' milk odor during a previous period of nine hours and during heel prick. Sucrose will be also administered during heel prick.

Other: Olfactive stimulation intervention with familiarization

Olfactive stimulation intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive the olfactive stimulation intervention with mothers' milk odor during heel prick only. Sucrose will be also administered during heel prick.

Other: Olfactive stimulation intervention

Standard care

OTHER

In the control arm, participants will receive the standard care for pain which is sucrose administration.

Other: Standard care

Interventions

The intervention consists of placing a pad immersed with breast milk near the preterm infant's nose during heel prick. For the familiarization stage, infants were familiarized with the odor of their mothers' milk for 9 hours before heel prick.

Olfactive stimulation intervention with familiarization

The intervention consists of placing a pad immersed with breast milk near the preterm infant's nose during heel prick.

Olfactive stimulation intervention

Preterm infants will receive sucrose during heel prick.

Standard care

Eligibility Criteria

Age29 Weeks - 36 Weeks
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • years or older,
  • speak, understand and write French or English
  • express their milk

You may not qualify if:

  • \- pathology or condition that contraindicates the use of their breast milk (HIV, drugs...)
  • to 36 weeks of gestation
  • APGAR \> 6 at 5 minutes
  • less than 21 days
  • intubated, under Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or nasal oxygen,
  • surgery in the first day of life
  • congenital disease
  • intraventricular hemorrhage \> grade II
  • leukomalacia
  • sedation within 48 hours prior to heel prick
  • pharmacologic treatment for pain within 12 hours prior to heel prick
  • being under phototherapy treatment during the familiarization stage

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Related Publications (2)

  • De Clifford-Faugere G, Lavallee A, Aita M. Olfactive stimulation interventions for managing procedural pain in preterm and full-term neonates: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev. 2017 Oct 17;6(1):203. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0589-1.

    PMID: 29041964BACKGROUND
  • De Clifford-Faugère G, Aita M, Héon M, Le May S. Management of procedural pain in preterm infants through olfactive stimulation with mothers' milk: A pilot study. Science of Nursing and Health Practices - Science infirmière et pratiques en santé. 2(1), Article 3, 2019. Available at: https://doi.org/10.31770/2561-7516.1042

    BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acute PainPremature Birth

Interventions

Standard of Care

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

PainNeurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsObstetric Labor, PrematureObstetric Labor ComplicationsPregnancy ComplicationsFemale Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy ComplicationsUrogenital Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Quality Indicators, Health CareQuality of Health CareHealth Services AdministrationHealth Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Study Officials

  • Marilyn Aita, PhD

    Université de Montréal

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Gwenaelle De Clifford-Faugère, PhD student

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

August 12, 2019

First Posted

August 20, 2019

Study Start

September 1, 2019

Primary Completion

December 1, 2020

Study Completion

December 1, 2020

Last Updated

August 20, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-08