LACTACOL 01 - Impact of Breast Milk on the Neurodevelopment of Preterm Newborns

Nantes University Hospital (NUH)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Prematurity of Fetus

Treatments: Other: Physiopathology

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01493063

BRD/11/02-Y

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to estimate the impact of the protein content of breastmilk at the end of hospitalization of the preterm newborn, on the neurodevelopment at 2 years old.

The investigators expect a difference of at least 5 points of Development Quotient (DQ) when comparing extreme terciles of the protein content of breastmilk at the end of hospitalization.

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 28 to 34 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Maternal decision of breastfeeding
• Born between 28 and 34 weeks of amenorrhea
• No important congenital pathology except prematurity
• Efficiency of the breastfeeding compatible with the research by the investigator
• Information and authorization of the parents or the parental authority

Exclusion criteria

• Maternal decision of not breastfeeding
• Born before 28 weeks of amenorrhoea or after or at 34 weeks of amenorrhoea
• Important congenital pathology
• Efficiency of the breastfeeding incompatible with the research by the investigator
• Opposition from parents or the parental authority to participate to the research study