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Economic evaluation alongside the Speed of Increasing milk Feeds Trial (SIFT)

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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of two rates of enteral feed advancement (18 vs 30 mL/kg/day) in very preterm and very low birth weight infants. Design: Within-trial economic evaluation alongside a multicentre, two-arm parallel group, randomised controlled trial (Speed of Increasing milk Feeds Trial). Setting: 55 UK neonatal units from May 2013 to June 2015. Patients: Infants born <32 weeks' gestation or <1500 g, receiving less than 30 mL/kg/day of milk at trial enrolment. Infants with a known severe congenital anomaly, no realistic chance of survival, or unlikely to be traceable for follow-up, were ineligible. Interventions: When clinicians were ready to start advancing feed volumes, infants were randomised to receive daily increments in feed volume of 30 mL/kg (intervention) or 18 mL/kg (control). Main outcome measure: Cost per additional survivor without moderate to severe neurodevelopmental disability at 24 months of age corrected for prematurity. Results: Average costs per infant were slightly higher for faster feeds compared with slower feeds (mean difference £267, 95% CI -6928 to 8117). Fewer infants achieved the principal outcome of survival without moderate to severe neurodevelopmental disability at 24 months in the faster feeds arm (802/1224 vs 848/1246). The stochastic cost-effectiveness analysis showed a likelihood of worse outcomes for faster feeds compared with slower feeds. Conclusions: The stochastic cost-effectiveness analysis shows faster feeds are broadly equivalent on cost grounds. However, in terms of outcomes at 24 months age (corrected for prematurity), faster feeds are harmful. Faster feeds should not be recommended on either cost or effectiveness grounds to achieve the primary outcome.


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Author(s): Tahir W, Monahan M, Dorling J, Hewer O, Bowler U, Linsell L, Partlett C, Berrington JE, Boyle E, Embleton N, Johnson S, Leaf A, McCormick K, McGuire W, Stenson BJ, Juszczak E, Roberts TE

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Year: 2020

Volume: 105

Issue: 6

Pages: 587-592

Print publication date: 01/11/2020

Online publication date: 02/04/2020

Acceptance date: 04/02/2020

Date deposited: 30/04/2020

ISSN (print): 1359-2998

ISSN (electronic): 1468-2052

Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group

URL: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-318346

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318346

PubMed id: 32241810


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This paper presents independent research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
unded by the Health Technology Assessment Programme of the National Institute for Health Research; ISRCTN registration number ISRCTN76463425.

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