A study to compare weight gain with and without addition of coconut oil to breast milk in babieswith birth weight less than 1500 grams.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Very low birth weight babies with birth weight less than 1500 grams
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/06/007037
- Lead Sponsor
- Fluid Research fund
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Very low birth weight babies in nursery who are on 100ml/kg/day of breast milk
Exclusion Criteria
1)Major congenital malformation
2)Not reaching full feeds by day 21 of life
3)Babies who had NEC stage 3
4)Lack of parental consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Weight gain in terms of g/day between the two groups.Timepoint: From the day of recruitment into the study until <br/ ><br>the baby reaches 3 months corrected gestational age
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Fat mass expressed as percentage of total body mass <br/ ><br>2.Lean body mass expressed as percentage of total body mass <br/ ><br>3.Linear growth-rate of length gain in cm/week <br/ ><br>4.Head Circumference â??gain in cm/week <br/ ><br>5.Skin fold thickness <br/ ><br>6.Lipid profile <br/ ><br>7.Feed intolerance, Sepsis, Necrotising Enterocolitis <br/ ><br>8.Length of Hospital stayTimepoint: From the day of recruitment in to the study until <br/ ><br>the baby reaches 3 months corrected gestational age.