Actively Recruiting
Milk And Growth In Children (MAGIC) Born Very Preterm: A Randomized Trial
Led by University of Alabama at Birmingham · Updated on 2025-09-17
486
Participants Needed
4
Research Sites
258 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this multi-center randomized, parallel group trial is to determine the effect of human milk diets ranging between 180 and 200 mL/kg/day on the body composition outcomes of moderately preterm infants born between 27 and 31 weeks of gestation.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Milk And Growth In Children (MAGIC) Born Very Preterm: A Randomized Trial
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Born between 27 0/7 and 31 6/7 weeks gestation
- Birthweight of 1500 grams or less
- Fed human milk during the first 14 days after birth
- Reached full enteral feeding (120 mL/kg/day or more) within the first 14 days after birth
You will not qualify if you...
- Necrotizing enterocolitis stage 2 or greater
- Spontaneous intestinal perforation
- Major congenital or chromosomal anomalies
- Terminal illness requiring limited or withheld support
- Planned fluid restriction after 14 days due to symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus
- Any formula feeding within the first 14 days after birth
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 4 locations
1
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
Actively Recruiting
2
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216
Not Yet Recruiting
3
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235
Not Yet Recruiting
4
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Not Yet Recruiting
Research Team
A
Ariel A. Salas, MD, MSPH
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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