NCT01375309

Bifidobacterium Supplementation for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Effect of Bifidobacterium Bifidum Supplementation on Morbidity of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 246 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tokyo Women's Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 48 Hours
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Probiotic supplementation to preterm infants have been reported to be beneficial in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Our pilot study also showed accelerated feeding in preterm infants who received Bifidobacterium bifidum early after birth. In order to evaluate these beneficial effects of Bifidobacterium bifidum, a prospective randomized control study is conducted. The hypothesis of the study is that Bifidobacterium bifidum supplementation to preterm infants improve enteral feeding and growth in very low birth weight infants.

Conditions

• Preterm Infants

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Bifidobacterium bifidum supplementation	Bifidobacterium bifidum supplementation wiht approximately 2.5\*10to9th bacteria per day
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo contains dextrin	0.5 of dextrin

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2011-06-17
• Last updated: 2012-03-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Japan