Feeding Study in Premature Infants

Mead Johnson Nutrition

Status: Completed

Conditions: Premature Infants

Treatments: Other: Powder human milk fortifier; Other: Liquid human milk fortifier

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00681018

3379-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate weight gain of preterm infants fed fortified human milk.

Enrollment: 143 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 40 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• premature infant
• birth weight less than/equal to 1250 g
• exclusively breast fed

Exclusion criteria

• metabolic or chronic disease
• major surgery
• ventilator dependent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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143 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Liquid human milk fortifier

Treatment:

Other: Liquid human milk fortifier

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Powder human milk fortifier

Treatment:

Other: Powder human milk fortifier