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NCT Number: NCT02366780

Breast Milk Content Expressed Manually Compared to Electric Pump

Breast milk is a unique and unmatched nutritional and non-nutritive source of bioactive factors for the health and development of infants.Colostrum, which is produced in low quantities for the first 3 to 4 days after birth, is rich in immunologic components and developmental factors.

Breastfeeding difficulties during the first days of life of an infant are common. Moreover, not all infants can be directly fed at the breast.

Therefore, breast milk feeding at this early stage is initiated and promoted by the expression of breast milk either manually or by use of a pump. Whether the method of milk expression at this stage has a qualitative impact on colostrum is currently unknown.

The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to compare the effect of manual expression with electric pump expression upon the macronutrient composition of breast milk.

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Key information

Conditions

Infant Behavior Breast Feeding Feeding Behavior

Age range

18 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Neonatology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv medical Center

Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy lactating mothers of term infants

Exclusion criteria

  • HIV infected mothers

Treatment and study plan

Pump

Procedure

Breast milk expression using manually or using an electric pump

Primary outcomes

  1. Macronutrient content of expressed breast milk

    Time frame: 3 to 5 min

    Mothers will express milk from the same breast indicated in the assigned arm. Macronutrient content will be analyzed using the Human Milk Analyzer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Feb 19, 2015
Registry last updated
Sep 3, 2015

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