The Effect of a Liquid Protein Modular on Growth and Outcomes in the NICU

University of Nebraska

Status: Completed

Conditions: Problem With Growth of an Infant

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Liquid protein modular; Dietary Supplement: Powder protein modular

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01609868

12-16432

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesis that premature infants receiving a commercially available liquid protein modular will have improved growth when compared with premature infants receiving a commercially available powder protein modular.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 40 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infants less than 2000 gms at birth, receiving maternal breast milk

Exclusion criteria

• Infants receiving formula

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

control

Active Comparator group

Description:

infants in this arm will receive the current treatment that is standard of care for these infants, powder protein modular to achieve 4 gm/kg/day

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Powder protein modular

experimental

Experimental group

Description:

this group will receive a liquid protein modular that recently became commercially avaliable, to achieve the same protein of 4 grm/kg/day as the powder comparision group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Liquid protein modular