Is COVID-19 Transmitted Through Human Milk? Implications for Breastfeeding and Human Milk Banking-Study 1b
- Conditions
- BreastmilkSars-CoV2
- Interventions
- Other: Human milk donors
- Registration Number
- NCT04453982
- Lead Sponsor
- Deborah O'Connor
- Brief Summary
The Canadian Paediatric Society recommends breastfeeding during COVID-19 infection. Human milk is the best form of infant nutrition providing significant protection against many illnesses for term and preterm infants. When mothers of hospitalized infants are unable to supply their milk, the recommended supplement is human donor milk. The impact of a pandemic on human milk banking is unknown. This study seeks to address this public health issue. Donor milk will be collected from the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank at Sinai Health System in Toronto. Samples will be analyzed for the COVID-19 virus specific nucleic acid and antibody in real-time and results will be immediately disseminated to relevant organizations to inform local, national and international guidelines surrounding donor milk banking to protect the health of infants.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 384
- Human milk donor for the Rogers Hixon Ontario Human Milk Bank
- None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Human milk donors Human milk donors -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in breastmilk 2 months To describe the prevalence of human milk donations received at the Ontario Human Milk Bank that test positive for SARS-CoV-2
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibody in breastmilk 2 months To describe the prevalence of human milk donations received at the Ontario Human Milk Bank with antibodies for SARS-CoV-2
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Sinai Health System
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada