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Breast Milk Content Expressed Manually Compared to Electric Pump

NCT02366780 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2015-09-03

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Summary

Breast milk is a unique and unmatched nutritional and non-nutritive source of bioactive factors for the health and development of infants.Colostrum, which is produced in low quantities for the first 3 to 4 days after birth, is rich in immunologic components and developmental factors.

Breastfeeding difficulties during the first days of life of an infant are common. Moreover, not all infants can be directly fed at the breast.

Therefore, breast milk feeding at this early stage is initiated and promoted by the expression of breast milk either manually or by use of a pump. Whether the method of milk expression at this stage has a qualitative impact on colostrum is currently unknown.

The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to compare the effect of manual expression with electric pump expression upon the macronutrient composition of breast milk.

Conditions

  • Infant

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Pump

Breast milk expression using manually or using an electric pump

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Shaul Dolberg, MD · Department of Pediatrics, Sakler Faculty of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-08-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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