Prospective Evaluation in Older Premature, Untreated Breast Milk and Milk Processed by the Breast-milk Bank
Completed
- Conditions
- Fatty Acid DeficiencyInfant, Premature, Diseases
- Registration Number
- NCT01626508
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the enteral nutrition type (untreated breast milk, or breast milk processed by the breast-milk bank) on the longitudinal evolution of the total content and plasma profile of essential fatty acids (EFA) in a population of premature infants.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 9
Inclusion Criteria
- Parent's written informed consent
- Gestational age less than 33 weeks of amenorrhea
- Hospitalisation in an NICU at the time of inclusion
- Intended enteral nutrition with breast milk
Exclusion Criteria
- Persons not covered by the French social security system
- Major congenital malformation
- Participation in other biomedical study protocols
- Babies that are likely to be transferred to another hospital during the study period
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measurement of the effects of the milk-treatment process at the milk bank on the composition of the milk in terms of FA 3 weeks after the establishment of enteral nutrition * Level of total FA and composition of FA on samples of untreated breast milk immediately after the milk has been expressed
* Level of total FA and composition of FA on samples of breast milk provided by the milk bank just before being given to the infant
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Centre Hospitalier Regional
🇫🇷Saint Pierre, LA Reunion, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
🇫🇷Dijon, Bourgogne, France