NCT01330095

Early Administration of Bifidobacterium to Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Early Administration of Bifidobacterium Bifidum to Very Low Birth Weight Infants: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tokyo Women's Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To evaluate the effects of early administration of probiotics on acceleration of enteral feeding, and on growth of very low birth weight infants, newborn infants with birth weight less than 1500g are administered Bifidobacterium bifidum twice a day.

Conditions

• Preterm Infants

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Administration of Bifidobacterium bifidum	Administration of Bifidobacterium bifidum to very low birth weight infants

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-03-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2008-12-01
• First posted: 2011-04-06
• Last updated: 2011-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Japan