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NCT Number: NCT01771588

Human Milk Fortifier - Growth Evaluation

It it is hypothesized that the growth of preterm infants receiving a new human milk fortifier will be equal or superior to the growth of preterm infants receiving a currently marketed human milk fortifier with a lower protein content.

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Key information

Age range

Up to 1 month

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHR de la Citadelle, Liège, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Birth weight ≤1500 g AND/OR gestational age ≤32 weeks (determined by maternal dates, fetal ultrasound, Dubowitz/Ballard examination or a combination thereof)
  • Male or female
  • Tolerating an enteral intake of human milk, donor milk or a combination at ≥100 mL/kg/d for ≥ 24 h
  • Subject is anticipated to receive human milk, donor milk or a combination for ≥ 3 consecutive weeks after having achieved full fortification with volume intake contained between 150 and 180 mL/kg/d.
  • Written informed consent has been obtained from the legal representative(s).

Exclusion criteria

  • Infants with current systemic disease
  • Infants with a history of systemic disease
  • Any congenital anomalies of the GI tract that significantly interfere with nutrition and growth or previous GI surgery.
  • Small size for gestational age (SGA) - body weight ≦ 5th percentile for that gestational age.
  • Infants diagnosed with any inherent metabolic disease.
  • Infants diagnosed with any chromosomic disease.
  • Receiving any commercial formula supplementation to breast milk.
  • Receiving steroids at the time of enrollment.
  • Participation in another nutritional clinical trial that may affect outcomes of this study.

Treatment and study plan

Human Milk Fortifier

Dietary Supplement

Primary outcomes

  1. Weight gain (g/d) between full strength fortification with full volume intake (day 1) through 21 days of study after that day.

    Time frame: 21 days

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of Growth of Pre-Term Infants Fed a Human Milk Fortifier

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Jan 18, 2013
Registry last updated
May 5, 2016

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