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AI assistant helps NICU doctors feed tiniest patients
NCT ID NCT07414576
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an artificial intelligence (AI) tool can help doctors order total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Premature babies often cannot eat by mouth and need nutrition delivered through an IV. The AI suggests TPN formulas based on each baby's lab values and health information, but doctors can accept, change, or reject the suggestions. The main goal is to see how often doctors accept the AI suggestions and whether it improves efficiency and safety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-driven clinical decision support software
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a safer, faster way for doctors to order IV nutrition for premature babies, reducing errors and improving care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply to all hospitals. The AI only suggests—doctors still decide. It may not improve outcomes or could have unexpected issues.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 260 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Up to 6 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Any newborns or infants requiring total parenteral nutrition in a neonatal ICU that performs daily laboratory tests * 6-month old at the time of admission * Any gestational age or birthweight * Any race or sex Exclusion Criteria: \- Infants deem unfit for the suggested TPN due to safety concerns by physicians
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Stanford University
RECRUITINGStanford, California, 94305, United States
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