NCT05492253

First Complementary Foods and the Infant Gastrointestinal Microbiota

Effect of First Complementary Foods on the Infant Gastrointestinal Microbiota: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Delaware · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Months – 7 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the effect of different complementary foods on the gastrointestinal microbiota of exclusively human milk fed infants.

Detailed description

The introduction of solid foods plays a role in shaping the microbial communities of the gastrointestinal microbiota. This randomized, controlled, single-blinded trial will evaluate the effect of four infant foods (oatmeal cereal, carrot puree, prune puree, beef and gravy puree) on the gastrointestinal microbiota of exclusively human milk fed infants that have not previously consumed solid foods and who are developmentally ready for the introduction of solid foods.

Conditions

• Healthy Participants
• Infants
• Gastrointestinal Microbiota

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Infant fruit	Infants will be fed prune puree
OTHER	Infant vegetable	Infants will be fed carrot puree
OTHER	Infant meat	Infants will be fed beef puree
OTHER	Infant grain	Infants will be fed oatmeal cereal

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-30
• Primary completion: 2024-03-12
• Completion: 2024-03-12
• First posted: 2022-08-08
• Last updated: 2024-05-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States