Assessing the Quality of Breast Milk

NCT02756026 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2016-04-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to establish a protocol for collecting representative samples of breastmilk (BM) that can be used to assess the effect of maternal micronutrient (MN) supplementation on milk MN concentrations. The investigators will determine which breastfeeding episode during the 24 hour period best represents the maternal status; and within the episode whether fore, mid or hind milk samples be collected in future studies.

Conditions

  • Micronutrient Deficiency

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Multiple micronutrient supplement (Nutri-Fem)

Multiple micronutrient supplement (Nutri-Fem) manufactured by Thorne, containing the Recommended Dietary Intake (RDA).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

    collaborator OTHER
  • USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Lindsay H Allen, PhD · USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-02-28
Completion
2014-02-28

Countries

  • Bangladesh

Study Locations

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