Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Early Protein Supplementation in Extremely Preterm Infants Fed Human Milk

Lead Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Collaborating Sponsors:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

Prematurity; Extreme

Feeding Disorder Neonatal

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-4 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The central hypothesis of this clinical trial is that, in extremely preterm infants, protein-enriched human milk diets compared to usual human milk diets during the first 2 weeks after birth increase ...

Detailed Description

Masked randomized clinical trial in which extremely preterm infants fed human milk will be randomly assigned to receive either a protein-enriched diet (intervention group) or a usual diet (control gro...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Gestational age ≤ 28 weeks of gestation
  • Postnatal age \< 96 hours

Exclusion

  • Congenital malformations
  • Chromosomal anomalies
  • Terminal illness needing to limit or withhold support

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 13 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 30 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04325308

Start Date

August 13 2020

End Date

September 30 2026

Last Update

September 23 2025

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University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233