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AI-driven Total Parenteral Nutrition Platform
Sponsor: Takeoff41, Inc.
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. Ordering TPN is complex, time-consuming, and mistakes can happen. This study will test an AI tool that suggests TPN formulas to doctors based on each baby's lab values and health information. Doctors can accept, change, or reject the suggestions at any time. The main goal is to measure how often doctors accept the AI suggestions. The study will also track time to complete TPN orders, weight changes, days on TPN, whether lab values stay in normal ranges, provider satisfaction, and baby health outcomes including complications such as lung disease, brain bleeding, infections, and other conditions common in premature babies. Babies admitted to the NICU who need TPN may participate if their doctors agree to use the tool. Each baby will be in the study while they need TPN, typically about 14 days. The AI tool only makes suggestions and does not replace doctor decision-making. All other care remains the same as standard practice.
Official title: Clinical Decision Support for Total Parenteral Nutrition Constituents in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Patients: A Pilot Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - 6 Months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
260
Start Date
2026-01-21
Completion Date
2027-02-21
Last Updated
2026-02-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
AI-driven total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
An AI-driven clinical decision support (CDS) software integrated with EHR system that provides TPN composition recommendations to NICU providers. The tool uses patient lab values, basic profile (days since birth, weight, gestational age), and physician inputs to suggest TPN components. Providers can accept, modify, or decline if needed. The final prescribing authority remains with the providers. The intervention targets provider workflow efficiency while maintaining precision and equivalent patient outcomes (including labs and long-term adverse outcomes).
Locations (1)
Stanford University
Stanford, California, United States