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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05946590
Breastfeeding Duration and Tongue-tie in Neonates.
The Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Tongue-tie in Neonates.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as feeding the infant with human breast milk only, except for vitamins, minerals supplements and medicine. It is an official recommendation that infants are exclusively breastfed for 6 months. Approximately 60% and 15% of Danish infants are exclusively breastfed for 4 and 6 months respectively. There are many factors that may interfere with the establishment and duration of breastfeeding.
For the infant, breastfeeding depends on the infant´s ability to seal the oral cavity around the breast and integrate the muscular activities of cheeks, lips, jaw, and tongue. Effectively nutritive sucking occurs due to the application of positive pressure when the tongue moves upwards to express milk, followed by an intra-oral vacuum (vacuum) when the tongue moves downwards and draws milk from the breast by suction. The strength of vacuum affects the effectiveness of milk removal from the breast and regulates the volume of milk. A weak vacuum may, therefore, lead to a shortage of milk transfer, diminished milk supply and early breastfeeding stop. Conversely, was in a recently published study found an association between a high vacuum and infants who were exclusively breastfed for the recommended 6 months.
Difficulties in creating an appropriate vacuum may be related to ankyloglossia, tight frenulum also called tongue-tie, a condition in which the lingual frenulum has anterior attachment near the tip of the tongue and/or are unusually thick, tight, and/or short lingual frenulum. Tongue-tie is often detected when the infant shows signs of difficulties during breastfeeding and/or there is maternal nipple pain. The possible consequence of tongue-tie is insufficient infant weight gain, neonatal dehydration, and shortened breastfeeding duration.
In case of breastfeeding difficulties, it is recommended to evaluate the tongue-tie by the Breastfed Babies Assessment Tool score (TABBY) and depending on this assessment frenotomy may be recommended. The value of both the TABBY score and frenotomy is only poorly validated.
Hypothesis We hypothesise vacuum to increase after frenotomy and, thereby, affect breastfeeding duration positively.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Diana Skaaning
- Phone Number: +4521295058
- Email: diana.skaaning@regionh.dk
Study Locations
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Copenhagen
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Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2650
- Diana Skaaning
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Child
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Infant of an adult mother Delivery after 37 completed gestational weeks. Singleton or twin Infant of a mother who intends to breastfeed. At least one parents speak and write English, Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish.
Exclusion Criteria:
Congenital malformation. Reduced lung function.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Other: Frenotomy
Frenotomy performed by a health care professional
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Frenotomy in which clipping/incised of the lingual frenulum releases the tongue-tie performed by a health care professional
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Breastfeeding duration
Time Frame: Followed 6 months.
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The duration of exclusive and partial breastfeeding
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Followed 6 months.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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TABBY score
Time Frame: Before and 5-10 days after performed frenotomy.
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The association between tongue-tie, TABBY score, and vacuum strength.
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Before and 5-10 days after performed frenotomy.
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Delta intra-oral vacuum
Time Frame: Before, within 1 hour after and 5-10 days after performed frenotomy.
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The primary outcome is to investigate any difference in vacuum in infants below 42 days
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Before, within 1 hour after and 5-10 days after performed frenotomy.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Diana Skaaning, Region Hovedstadens Apotek
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- VEC 99694
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
IPD Plan Description
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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