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Macronutrients in Lactating NICU Parents - Impact of Kangaroo Care

NCT06047470 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2026-04-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impact of Kangaroo Care (holding your baby skin-to-skin on your chest) in lactating parents with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) that cannot directly breastfeed.

Conditions

  • Lactation Disorder With Baby Delivered
  • Nutrition Disorder, Infant

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Kangaroo Care

Lactating parents will participate in kangaroo care (holding an infant upright, directly on the chest with skin-to-skin contact) prior to expressing a breast milk sample.

BEHAVIORAL

No Kangaroo Care

Lactating parents will provide a breast milk sample after having no contact with their infant for at least 6 hours.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of California, Davis

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kara Kuhn-Riordon, MD · UC Davis

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-11-15
Primary Completion
2025-05-26
Completion
2027-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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