Pre/Term Milk Profiling
Completed
- Conditions
- Preterm MilkTerm Milk
- Registration Number
- NCT02052245
- Lead Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
- Brief Summary
This study aims for an in-depth characterization of human milk of mothers who delivered prematurely to decipher differences with milk of mothers who delivered at the expected term, with a particular focus on milk proteins
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 61
Inclusion Criteria
- Having obtained informed consent
- Group 1 (term delivery): Gestational age between 37 0/7 and not above 41 6/7 weeks
- Group 2 (preterm delivery): Gestational age between 28 0/7 and 32 6/7 weeks
- Age: Mother ≥ 18 years old
- Partial or total breast feeding
- Having a freezer compartment at home (approx. -18°C)
- Good understanding of the French language
Exclusion Criteria
- Suffering from diabetes (type I or II) before pregnancy
- Alcohol consumption: more than 1 standard drink / day
- Drug addicted
- Subject who cannot be expected to comply with the study procedures.
- Currently participating in an interventional therapeutic clinical trial
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quantification of total protein concentration in human milk from delivery, up to 4 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Determination of Calcium and Phosphorous content From delivery, up to 4 months Quantification of total lipids and carbohydrates From delivery, up to 4 months Determination of peptide profiles and content From delivery, up to 4 months Determination of miRNA content From delivery, up to 4 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Clinic of neonatology - Avenue Pierre Decker 2
🇨🇭Lausanne, Switzerland