The "Pooling" Expressed Breast Milk: A Method for Improving the Nutritional Intake of Premature Infants

Terminated

• Conditions: Breastfeeding Mothers of Infants Hospitalized

• Registration Number: NCT02994823
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Brest

Brief Summary

The investigators compared a pooled mother's expressed breastmilk for 24 hours with individual pump session collection of milk to provide a more consistent caloric product without increasing bacterial contamination.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06
• Primary Completion: 2015-09
• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-02
• Study Completion: 2016-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2016-12-16
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• Mother of newborn hospitalized in intensive care unit
• Mother using a breast pump in the unit and / or at home
• Mother respected the rules of handling and transport breastmilk
• No opposition mother

Exclusion Criteria

• refusal

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
caloric value of breastmilk	at the end of each 24 hours collection from inclusion to the end of collection during 4 days	The caloric value will be compared between the two groups (pooled expressed breastmilk versus individual expressed breastmilk)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
bacterial contamination of breastmilk	at the end of each 24 hours collection from inclusion to the end of collection during 4 days	The bacterial contamination of breastmilk will be compared between the two groups with the value for colony-forming units per milliliter (cfu/mL) after plating on sheep blood agar and Chapman's agar.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHUR de Brest; 🇫🇷 Brest, France