Donor Breast Milk and Serum Ferritin Levels in Very Preterm Infants

AdventHealth

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ferritin Levels in Very Preterm Infants

Treatments: Other: maternal breast milk; Other: Donor breast milk

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06843278

1878559

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compares the iron levels in very preterm infants receiving donor breast (DBM) milk to very preterm infants receiving maternal breast milk (MBM).

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 4 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. All preterm infants born between 29 weeks and 0 days -32 weeks and 6 days of gestational age and admitted to the NICU at Advent Health for Children

2. Received either MBM or DBM starting between 5 to10 days of life

   a. Infants receiving >50% feeding volume by DBM for the first 14 days of life will be considered to have received predominantly DBM. The comparison group will be infants who received > 50% of MBM for the first 14 days of life.

3. Parent able to read and write in the English language.

Exclusion criteria

1. Death prior to completion of participation
2. Extremis with likelihood of death prior to completion of participation in the study
3. Blood transfusion as determined by clinical team during the study
4. Major congenital anomaly or genetic syndrome and
5. Major surgical GI conditions that preclude feeding

Trial design

34 participants in 2 patient groups

Very preterm infants receiving breast milk

Treatment:

Other: maternal breast milk

Very preterm infants receiving donor breast milk

Treatment:

Other: Donor breast milk