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NCT Number: NCT02746016

Effect of Formula on Infant Behavior

This is a prospective, multi-center, single-arm study to evaluate the symptoms of formula intolerance in healthy term infants.

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Key information

Age range

7 day–42 day

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Alabama Clinical Therapeutics, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Subject is in good health as determined from subject's medical history by parent report
  • Subject is a singleton full-term birth with a gestational age of 37 - 42 weeks
  • Subject's birth weight was ≥ 2490 g (~5 lbs. 8 oz.)
  • Subject is between 7 and 42 days of age
  • Infant was identified by parents as very fussy or extremely fussy in the baseline tolerance evaluation
  • Infant is exclusively formula-fed at time of study entry
  • Parent(s) confirm their intention not to administer vitamin or mineral supplements, solid foods or juices to their infant from enrollment through the duration of the study
  • Subject's parent(s) has voluntarily signed and dated an informed consent form (ICF) prior to any participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

  • An adverse maternal, fetal or subject medical history that has potential for effects on tolerance, growth, and/or development
  • Subject is taking and plans to continue medications, home remedies, herbal preparations or rehydration fluids that might affect gastrointestinal (GI) tolerance
  • Subject participates in another study that has not been approved as a concomitant study
  • Subject has been fed any formula containing human milk oligosaccharides prior to study enrollment
  • Subject has been treated with oral antibiotics within 7 days prior to study enrollment
  • Mother intends to use a combination of breast and formula feeding

Treatment and study plan

Infant Formula supplemented with Oligosaccharides

Other

sole source nutrition

Primary outcomes

  1. Fussiness

    Time frame: Change from baseline (3 days prior to SD1) to within one day of initiation of study feeding (SD1)

    Parent Questionnaires

Secondary outcomes

  1. Fussiness

    Time frame: Baseline to SDAY 29

    Parent Questionnaires

  2. Hours of daily crying

    Time frame: Baseline to SDAY 29

    Parent Questionnaires

  3. Gastrointestinal Tolerance

    Time frame: Baseline to SDAY 29

    Parent Questionnaires

  4. Stool Pattern

    Time frame: Baseline to SDAY 29

    Parent Questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Abbott Nutrition

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Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Formula Supplemented With Oligosaccharides on Infant Behavior

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Apr 21, 2016
Registry last updated
Mar 30, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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