Exclusive Breastfeeding in Infants of Mothers Infected With Novel Coronavirus

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Newborn Morbidity; Covid19; Breastfeeding, Exclusive

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: RT-PCR for SARS-Cov-2

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04925908

KAEK/2021.05.165

Details and patient eligibility

About

COVID-19 pandemic emerges an issue for breastfeeding.Earlier in pandemic mothers who had COVID-19 were separated from their babies due to insufficient data but this approach was abandoned due to the lack of transmission via breastmilk.However, where mothers with COVID-19 are cohorted in the same room, they still have to be isolated from their babies following the birth.Investigators aimed to evaluate rate of exclusive breastfeeding(EB) within first 6 months among mothers who were isolated from their babies due to COVID-19.

Full description

COVID-19 pandemic emerges an issue for breastfeeding.Earlier in pandemic mothers who had COVID-19 were separated from their babies due to insufficient data but this approach was abandoned due to the lack of transmission via breastmilk.However, where mothers with COVID-19 are cohorted in the same room, they still have to be isolated from their babies following the birth.To our knowledge, there is no study regarding this subject to-date.Therefore, investigators aimed to evaluate rate of exclusive breastfeeding(EB) within first 6 months among mothers who were isolated from their babies due to COVID-19.

Enrollment: 338 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 7 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infants who were born to mothers with suspected or evident COVID-19
• Accepted to participate with an informed consent of parents

Exclusion criteria

• Congenital abnormalities
• Chromosomal abnormalities
• Contraindication for breastfeeding
• Declined to participate

Trial design

338 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

Description:

Infants of mothers with suspected but negative for COVID-19

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: RT-PCR for SARS-Cov-2

Case Group

Description:

Infants Born to COVID-19 positive mothers

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: RT-PCR for SARS-Cov-2