NCT03191617

Nutrition of Premature Infants With Human Breastmilk Fortifier

Nutrition of Premature Infants With Human Breastmilk Fortifier With Higher Protein Content and Long Chain Poli- Unsaturated Fatty Acids (LCPUFA)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (estimated)
• Sponsor: NEOCOSUR · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Days – 40 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of the study is to compare two human milk fortifiers with different protein content and LCPUFA in a group of very low birth weight infants.

Detailed description

This study is a multi-center, third party-blinded, randomized, controlled, parallel- group, prospective trial comparing growth with a liquid human milk fortifier with higher protein content and LCPUFA and a control powdered human milk fortifier added to breast milk and fed to premature infants. The trial will be conducted in 11 centers in Chile. The enrollment period is expected to be approximately 18 months. To allow for dropouts, approximately 160 participants will be randomized.

Conditions

• Growth Acceleration

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Human milk fortifier	Fortification of breastmilk with liquid human milk fortifier in premature infants

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-08-01
• Completion: 2019-12-01
• First posted: 2017-06-19
• Last updated: 2019-03-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Chile