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Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that rhBSSL improves growth in preterm infants as compared with placebo.


Clinical Trial Description

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that rhBSSL improves growth in preterm infants as compared with placebo. The infants should be born before week 32 of gestational age.

The study drug, rhBSSL or placebo, will be administered during a 4 week treatment period by adding it to either infant formula or pasteurized breast milk.

The study will also evaluate the safety and tolerability of rhBSSL.

Eligible patients will be randomized in a ratio of 1:1 (rhBSSL:placebo). The study consists of maximum 1 week screening period, a 4-week treatment period and a 2 year follow-up period. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT01413581
Study type Interventional
Source Swedish Orphan Biovitrum
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Status Terminated
Phase Phase 3
Start date May 2011
Completion date August 2014