NCT05012930

Effects of Complementary Feeding on Infant Growth and Gut Health

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 267 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Months – 60 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study plans to learn more about how consuming different foods during the time of early complementary feeding (\~5 to 12 months) affects growth and the development of bacteria living inside your baby's gut through school-age. The results from this study will potentially help to support future recommendations and dietary guidance for infant feeding practices. The three primary aims include: Aim 1. Identify the impact of dietary patterns with different protein-rich foods on infant growth. Aim 2. Identify the impact of dietary patterns with different protein-rich foods on infant gut microbiota development. Aim 3. Identify gut microbial taxa and genes that affect infant growth.

Detailed description

Some details are intentionally left to out to preserve the scientific integrity of the study, and they will be included in the record after the study is completed.

Conditions

• Gut Microbiome
• Linear Growth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Baby Foods - Meat	Commercially available baby foods
OTHER	Baby Foods - Dairy	Commercially available baby foods
OTHER	Baby Foods - Plant	Commercially available baby foods
OTHER	Foods from the home	Caregiver will provide participant with usual foods from the home

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-01
• Primary completion: 2025-08-01
• Completion: 2027-07-01
• First posted: 2021-08-19
• Last updated: 2025-09-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States