Amino Acids Profiles in Premature Infants Receiving Nutritional Support

Premature Infant Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Prospective Study of Amino Acids Profiles in Premature Infants Receiving Nutritional Support

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03100305
• Other study ID #: XH-17-001
• Status: Completed
• First received: February 21, 2017
• Last updated: March 30, 2018
• Start date: January 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: March 20, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the changes of amino acid metabolic profiles in different nutritional stages of preterm infants and determine the effects of nutritional intervention on the amino acid metabolic status of preterm infants.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 124
• Est. completion date: March 20, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: February 15, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Premature infants, and admitted to hospital within 24 hours after birth; Documentation of informed consent; In need of receiving parenteral nutrition after birth;

Exclusion Criteria:

Premature infants with a parenteral nutrition period of less than 3 days; Inborn error of metabolism; Chromosomal abnormalities or multiple malformations;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Premature Birth
• Premature Infant

Intervention

Other:
• Collection of blood and urine
Collection of blood and urine before nutritional support, during total parenteral nutrition, during partial parenteral nutrition and during enteral nutrition

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine	Shanghai

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Amino acid profiles in blood	Amino acid levels in blood	through the transition to enteral nutrition, an average of 1 month
Secondary	Weight		Until the corrected gestational age is 37 weeks or discharged
Secondary	Height		Until the corrected gestational age is 37 weeks or discharged
Secondary	Head circumference		Until the corrected gestational age is 37 weeks or discharged