Amino Acid Profile in the Fetus and the Neonate

Sheba Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Fetal Amino Acid Profile in Different Gestational Ages; Infant Amino Acid Profile at Day 3 and Discharge; Cord Blood Amino Acid Profile

Treatments: Other: Blood sample on Guthrie paper from cord blood, and day 3 of life and before discharge

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01140698

SHEBA-10-7895-LL-SMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Up-to-date, the preterm newborn nutrition is based on human breast milk or it's imitations. However, the growth rate is known to be reduced compared to the fetal growth rate. In order to attempt a better growth rate of the preterm newborn infants it is important to evaluate the metabolic components of the fetal blood and try to find components that might influence its growth.

Little is known of the metabolic components of the fetal blood, including amino acid profile. The aim of the study is to evaluate amino acid profile in the fetus blood in different gestational ages and compare it to post natal period.

Enrollment: 180 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 6 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All new-born infants 5 of each gestational age

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

180 participants in 1 patient group

Term and preterm newborn infants

Description:

5 infants of each gestational age of 24-42 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Blood sample on Guthrie paper from cord blood, and day 3 of life and before discharge