Human Milk in Preterm Infants

July 19, 2022 updated by: Augusta University

Early Fortification of Human Milk for Very Low Birth Weight Infants and Effects on Growth Velocity

Current NICU protocol introduces human milk fortifier at 8 days of feeding. This study will introduce human milk fortifier at day 1. The primary outcome is the effect on growth velocity at 28 days and 36 weeks post menstrual age.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

No older than 4 days (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Birth weight 1000-1500 grams
  • Admitted to NICU within 24 hours of life
  • Maternal intent to use human milk

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Congenital anomalies
  • Feeds not started within the first 96 hours of life
  • Intrauterine growth restriction

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Continue current NICU feeding protocol, introducing human milk fortifier at 8 days
Experimental: Intervention
Introducing human milk fortifier at 1 day
Dietary supplement: Human milk fortifier
Human milk fortifier added to human breast milk at day 1 vs day 8 of feeds

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Growth velocity
Time Frame: at 28 days of life
weight gain in grams/kg/day
at 28 days of life

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Growth velocity
Time Frame: at 36 weeks post menstrual age
weight gain in grams/kg/day
at 36 weeks post menstrual age

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Augusta University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 11, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

July 1, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 14, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 27, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

February 8, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 21, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 19, 2022

Last Verified

July 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1813934-2

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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