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Early and Regular Breast Milk Expression to Help Establish Lactation After Delivery: a Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT00393640 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2009-09-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether early start of either breastfeeding or breast milk expression may positively affect milk production later in lactation.

120 breastfeeding mothers will be recruited and randomized into 4 groups (2 groups with preterm deliveries) and 2 groups with term deliveries. One group will be given a breast pump to pump early and regularly. the second group will be encouraged to breastfeed in response to baby's cues. Breast milk samples will be collected at the end of a week.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy
  • Breastfeeding

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Early and regular breast milk expression

Breast pump given to be used on regular intervals

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Western Australia

    collaborator OTHER

  • National University Hospital, Singapore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yap S Chong, MRACOG, MMED · National University Hospital, O & G

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
55 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-10-31
Completion
2009-03-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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