Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05333939
Moringa Supplementation for Improved Milk Output
Investigating the Effect of Moringa Oleifera Leaf Powder on Breastmilk Quantity and Quality: a Double Blinded Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 41 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Kentucky · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 0 Months
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The overall objective is to obtain preliminary data on the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf supplementation (moringa) at 4g daily for four weeks compared to placebo to improve human milk quantity and quality and infant health. Hypothesis: Four grams of moringa daily by mouth compared to placebo will increase breastmilk output and percent of mother's own milk consumed by infant.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Moringa leaf powder | capsule ingestion |
| OTHER | Placebo | capsule ingestion |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-05-17
- Primary completion
- 2024-08-03
- Completion
- 2024-08-03
- First posted
- 2022-04-19
- Last updated
- 2024-10-17
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05333939. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.