Post Discharge Human Milk Fortifier in Preterm Infants

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether low birth weight (LBW) infants fed human milk (HM)supplemented with a specially designed powdered human milk fortifier until 12 weeks after hospital discharge will have better growth and neurodevelopment than infants fed HM alone.

Clinical Trial Description

Consensus exists in the literature that a significant proportion of low birth weight (LBW, <1800 g) infants leave hospital with overt signs of under-nutrition (eg. growth retardation). Recent evidence from randomized control trials suggest that provision of nutrient-enriched feeding to formula-fed premature infants after hospital discharge improves their growth, accretion of lean body mass and bone mineral content compared to infants fed a standard term formula. While available data suggest an advantage of human milk feeding after hospital discharge, experimental evidence on which to base guidelines to enrich, or not to enrich, human milk (HM) are notably absent. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00413985
Study type	Interventional
Source	The Hospital for Sick Children
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 2
Start date	January 2004

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