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Clinical Trials/NCT02948114
NCT02948114
Terminated
Not Applicable

The Effect of Feeding Infant Formula Containing Prebiotics and/or Probiotics

Mead Johnson Nutrition1 site in 1 country2 target enrollmentStarted: October 2016Last updated:
ConditionsMetabolomics

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Terminated
Sponsor
Mead Johnson Nutrition
Enrollment
2
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Change in fecal microbiota

Overview

Brief Summary

The study is intended to evaluate the microorganisms found in infant stools when consuming study formulas containing prebiotics and/or probiotics compared to infants consuming mother's own breast milk.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Other
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
10 Days to 14 Days (Child)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Singleton, 10-14 days of age at registration/randomization
  • Term infant with birth weight of 2500 grams or more from a vaginal birth
  • Formula feeding infants must be on formula for at least 3 days
  • Human milk fed infants must have received mother's own breast milk from 1 day of age to study registration and mother has intention to exclusively provide mother's own breast milk for the duration of the study
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • History of underlying metabolic or chronic disease or immune compromised
  • Feeding difficulties or formula intolerance

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in fecal microbiota

Time Frame: 3.5 months

Secondary Outcomes

  • Recall of infant formula usage at each study visit(Up to 3.5 months)
  • Body Length measured at each study visit(Up to 3.5 months)
  • Body Weight measured at each study visit(Up to 3.5 months)
  • Recall of gastrointestinal tolerance questionnaire at each study visit(Up to 3.5 months)
  • Medically-confirmed adverse events collected throughout the study period(Up to 3.5 months)
  • Head circumference measured at each study visit(Up to 3.5 months)

Investigators

Sponsor
Mead Johnson Nutrition
Sponsor Class
Industry
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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