Early Protein Supplementation of Human Milk in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
- Conditions
- Growth in Premature Infants
- Registration Number
- NCT01991613
- Lead Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Brief Summary
- We hypothesize that premature infants who receive their mothers' expressed breast milk supplemented with liquid protein early in their hospitalization will have a growth velocity in the first 28 days of life that is 20% greater than the growth velocity of premature infants that do not receive protein fortification. 
- Detailed Description
- Not available 
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 43
- inborn at Mount Sinai Medical Center
- gestational age between 26 0/7 weeks and 32 6/7 weeks gestation
- plan by family for their infant to receive human milk feeds
- outborn infants
- gestational age < 26 0/7 weeks or > 33 0/7 weeks
- major congenital anomalies including cardiac disease, inborn errors of metabolism etc.
- sepsis and/or other serious clinical complication precluding initiation of enteral feeds
- plan by family for their infant to receive primarily preterm infant formula.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
- Name - Time - Method - Growth velocity - up to 28 days - Growth velocity over the first 28 days of life - Daily weight measurements for the first 28 days of life 
- Secondary Outcome Measures
- Name - Time - Method - weight - average 11 weeks - Extrauterine growth from birth until discharge from the NICU - Weekly weight measurements until discharge from the NICU - head circumference - average 11 weeks - Extrauterine growth from birth until discharge from the NICU - Weekly head circumference measurements until discharge from the NICU - Length - average 11 weeks - Extrauterine growth from birth until discharge from the NICU - Weekly length measurements until discharge from the NICU 
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 🇺🇸- New York, New York, United States Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
