NCT01731613

Adjustable Fortification of Human Milk Fed to Chinese Preterm Infants

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: Peking Union Medical College Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Days – 40 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This clinical trial will compare how the individualized and fortified human milk feeding will help a premature infant grow.

Detailed description

A total of 60 premature infants who will be randomized to receive either a standard fortification regimen (n=30) or an adjustable fortification regimen (n=30). The adjustable fortification regimen encompasses increasing / decreasing the amount of fortifier and adding supplemental protein guided by periodic determinations of the protein concentration in human milk (PCHM), body weight and blood urea nitrogen (BUN). Growth rate, tolerance of enteral feeding, days to achieve 100kcal/kg/d through enteral feeding, length of parenteral nutrition and NICU stays will be measured and compared between groups.

Conditions

• Infant, Premature, Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	human milk fortifier	Then fortification with human milk fortifier will be initiated at different levels according to the body weight of infants, the protein concentration of human milk and blood urea nitrogen

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-08-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2017-08-01
• First posted: 2012-11-22
• Last updated: 2017-11-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China