Post Discharge Human Milk Fortifier in Preterm Infants

NCT00413985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2013-12-31

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether low birth weight (LBW) infants fed human milk (HM)supplemented with a specially designed powdered human milk fortifier until 12 weeks after hospital discharge will have better growth and neurodevelopment than infants fed HM alone.

Conditions

  • Infant, Low Birth Weight

Interventions

DRUG

Nutrient-enriched human milk

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Deborah L O'Connor, RD, PhD · The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
4 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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