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NCT Number: NCT00783770

Maternal and Infant Cord Blood Monosaccharide Content

Mother's breast milk provides many benefits to babies with regard to development and improved health. We believe the simple sugars which make up these complex sugars in breast milk and are also found in the brain may be critical to normal brain development in term and preterm infants.

Babies are exposed to these sugars by placental transport during pregnancy and through mother's breast milk after they are born. For the preterm infant, we do not know if breast milk gives enough of these sugars compared to what the baby gets during pregnancy.

A maternal blood sample and blood samples from the baby's umbilical cord will provide us with background information for developing a supplement of special sugars that can be added to infant formulas to provide the amount that the baby usually gets during pregnancy and from breast milk.

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Key information

Conditions

Pregnancy Behavior Breast Feeding Feeding Behavior Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Obstetric Labor Complications Obstetric Labor, Premature Pregnancy Complications Premature Birth Urogenital Diseases

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy mothers with ages ranging from 18 to 35 yrs
  • Delivered infants appropriate weight for gestational age (between 10% and 90%)

Exclusion criteria

  • Maternal history of smoking, alcohol or drug use

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Other

Collaborators

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • University of Arkansas

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of Monosaccharide Content of Maternal and Umbilical Venous Cord Blood in Term and Preterm Pregnancies

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2007
First posted
Nov 3, 2008
Registry last updated
May 18, 2011

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