Duration of Any Breast-feeding Clinical Trial
Official title:
Randomised Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Acceptability of Two Single Electric Breast Pump in Mothers Exclusively Breast Feeding Their Healthy Term Infants.
This is a randomised trial of two modern single electric breast pumps allocated to mothers
who are exclusively breast feeding their healthy term infants. Mothers will be recruited
when their infants are around a month old, they will be randomised either to use one of two
state of the art modern single electric breast pumps or to act as controls with no breast
pump (but will receive a baby care voucher of similar value). If allocated to a breast pump,
mothers will be asked to take part in a physiological study when their babies are 6 weeks
old. In this test the mothers will be asked to express breast milk for 10 minutes on each
breast. The primary hypothesis is that the total weight of milk produced in a 20 minute
period and the weight of milk produced at 1 minute intervals at age 6 weeks will be greater
for mothers using one of the pumps. A small sample of breast milk (~5ml) will be collected
for analysis, the remaining expressed milk will returned to the mother.
Each month between the age of 3 and 6 months, all the mothers will be asked to complete
online questionnaires about their breast-feeding and the use of their breast pumps (if they
have one). At the end of the six months the mothers will be given a small voucher for a
child-care store as a way of saying 'thank-you' for the inconvenience caused.
| Status | Recruiting |
| Enrollment | 228 |
| Est. completion date | August 2016 |
| Est. primary completion date | May 2016 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
| Gender | Female |
| Age group | 18 Years to 45 Years |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: Mothers who have delivered healthy, term, singleton infants with no contra-indications for successful breast feeding. Mothers who are exclusively breast feeding and are willing to be randomised to either use a breast pump or to continue breastfeeding without using a breast pump. Not already using a breast pump. Can speak, read and write in English (or Chinese for Beijing centre or Russian for Moscow centre) Exclusion Criteria: Mothers are ineligible to join the study: If they are mixed or formula feeding. Have an illness that may prevent them from expressing breast milk. Are not willing to be randomly assigned to the pump or the control group Already expressing milk regularly. |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Basic Science
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Nutrition Unit, ICH-UCL | London |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| University College, London | Capital Medical University, Northwell Health, Scientific Center of Children |
United Kingdom,
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | The total weight of milk expressed in a set 20 minute period (10 minutes / breast) | The weight of milk expressed will be measured every minute for 20 minutes (10 mins/side) when the infants are around 5-6 weeks old. | up to 20 minutes | No |
| Secondary | Exclusive and partial breast-feeding | Data will be collected at the end of each month when infants are 3 to 6 months of age to record if the infants are still being exclusively or partially breast-fed. | up to 6 months | No |