Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04453969
Is COVID-19 Transmitted Through Human Milk? Implications for Breastfeeding and Human Milk Banking-Study 1a
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 59 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Deborah O'Connor · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The Canadian Paediatric Society recommends breastfeeding during COVID-19 infection. Human milk is the best form of infant nutrition providing significant protection against many illnesses for term and preterm infants. The impact of a pandemic on breastfeeding is unknown. This study seeks to address this public health issue. Breastmilk will be collected from mothers positive for COVID-19. Samples will be analyzed for the COVID-19 virus specific nucleic acid and antibody in real-time and results will be immediately disseminated to relevant organizations to inform local, national and international guidelines surrounding breastfeeding to protect the health of infants.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | COVID-19 | Exposure of interest for this observational study is current COVID-19 positive status or COVID-19 positive status during pregnancy |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-05-24
- Primary completion
- 2023-01-27
- Completion
- 2023-04-27
- First posted
- 2020-07-01
- Last updated
- 2025-06-06
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: Canada
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04453969. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.