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The Impact of a Prebiotics and Lactoferrin Containing Infant Formula on Stool Characteristics in Healthy Term Infants

NCT02363582 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2016-04-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Human milk (HM) is considered the gold standard nutrient for infants, which contains a lot of beneficial nutrients such as prebiotics and lactoferrin. Previous studies have shown that both prebiotics and lactoferrin play important roles in generating a bifidobacteria-dominated colonic microflora.The purpose of this study is to investigate the stool characteristics,acceptability, and gastrointestinal tolerance in term infants fed a starting infant formula supplemented with prebiotics and lactoferrin.

Conditions

  • Infant Formula Intolerance

Interventions

OTHER

formula

An infant formula contains prebiotics and lactoferrin

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jiang Wu, MD · Xin Hua Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Weeks
Max Age
7 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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