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Necrotizing Enterocolitis clinical trials and research

• 7Clinical trials
• 6Countries

Newest Necrotizing Enterocolitis clinical trials

All recruiting trials (7)

• Normal intestinal development and disease in premature and full-term newborns

  This project will collect intestinal tissue from newborns and infants up to age 2 who have GI surgery or biopsies to see how the human intestine develops and how conditions like NEC affect it.

  Recruiting Boston Children's Hospital · Boston, Massachusetts · NCT06681129

• Effects of Skin-to-Skin Care on Premature Infants

  This study tests if regular skin-to-skin care for premature babies can help them get more of their mother's milk and reduce health problems before they go home from the hospital.

  Recruiting Baskent University Ankara Hospital · Ankara · NCT06672913

• Assessing ST266 for treating infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis

  This study is testing if a new treatment called ST266 can help infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis feel better when given along with their usual care.

  Recruiting at 8 sites Phase 1/2 Noveome Biotherapeutics, formerly Stemnion · Little Rock, Arkansas and 7 other locations · NCT06315738

• Understanding surgical decision-making for babies with necrotizing enterocolitis

  This study looks at how surgeons decide when to operate on premature babies with a serious bowel condition called necrotizing enterocolitis to help improve their chances of survival.

  Recruiting University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust · Southampton, Hampshire · NCT06032676

• Probiotic supplementation for extremely preterm infants in Scandinavia

  This study is testing if giving probiotics mixed with breastmilk can help extremely preterm infants avoid serious gut problems and reduce the risk of dying.

  Recruiting Region Stockholm · Solna, Stockholm County · NCT05604846

• Fecal bacteriophage transfer to help preterm infants' gut health

  This study is testing if giving preterm infants healthy gut bacteria from full-term babies can help improve their gut health and prevent serious digestive problems.

  Recruiting Early Phase 1 Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet · Copenhagen · NCT05272579

• Withholding enteral feeds during blood transfusions in premature infants

  This study is testing if stopping feedings during blood transfusions can help very premature babies avoid a serious gut problem called Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

  Recruiting at 40 sites IWK Health Centre · Halifax, Nova Scotia and 39 other locations · NCT05213806

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How many Necrotizing Enterocolitis clinical trials are recruiting right now?

7, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where are these trials running?

In 6 countries. The most sites are in United States (2 trials), United Kingdom (2 trials), Canada (1 trial), Turkey (Türkiye) (1 trial), Denmark (1 trial). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.

What phases are they in?

Phase 1/2: 1, Early Phase 1: 1. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.

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