Pumping to Up Maternal Milk Production for Preterms (PUMMPP)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Breastfeeding; Breastmilk Expression

Treatments: Behavioral: breast pumping every 3 hours; Behavioral: Pumping every 2 hours

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06673160

IRB-300013718

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effect of breast-pumping frequency on breast milk supply/ volume in mothers of preterm infants. The main question it aims to answer is:

• What effect does pumping frequency have on breast milk supply.

Researchers will compare breastmilk supply of mothers who pump every 2 hours to the supply of those who pump every 3 hours to see if there is a difference in the amount of breastmilk they produce.

Participants will be assigned to either pump every 2 hours or every 3 hours and record how many milliliters of breastmilk they produce daily for the first 28 days of their baby's life.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 28 days old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inborn infants <32 weeks gestation
• Out-born infants transferred to our facility <48hours of life
• Infants <1500 grams at birth
• Infants whose parents/ guardians have provided legal consent for study participation

Exclusion criteria

• Infants with birthing persons' that are severe/critically ill
• Birthing persons of infants <18 years old
• Infants with terminal illness or decision to withhold or limit support
• infants with major congenital anomalies, chromosomal disorders, or congenital infections

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Pumping every 2 hours

Experimental group

Description:

Mothers of patients in this group will be assigned to pump/ express breastmilk every 2 hours.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pumping every 2 hours

Pumping every 3 hours

Active Comparator group

Description:

Mothers of patients in this group will be assigned to pump/ express breastmilk every 3 hours.

Treatment:

Behavioral: breast pumping every 3 hours