Influence of Pacifiers on Breastfeeding Duration

NCT00306956 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1021

Last updated 2008-09-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the introduction of pacifier use to infants at 2 weeks of age, once breast feedings are well established, will affect the incidence and duration of successful breastfeedings.

Conditions

  • Sudden Infant Death

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

offer a pacifier

To offer a pacifier to normal newborn infants at 15 days of age

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Childrens Medical Research Association, Switzerland.

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Fundacion para la Salud Materno Infantil

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alejandro Jenik, M.D. · Jefe de Recién Nacido Normal, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Days
Max Age
18 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-08-31
Completion
2008-05-31

Countries

  • Argentina

Study Locations

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