Clinical trials: Breastfeeding Mothers
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Infants
Maternal High Fibre Fermented Diet Effect on Breastfed Infant Gut Microbiome
Breastfeeding is recommended for babies from birth to six months old because breast milk provides all the nutrients babies need for growth and development.
- Trial name
- MumBabyGut (NCT06977113)
- Testing
- High Fibre Fermented Food Diet, Control Habitual Diet
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Breastfeeding Outcomes
Impact of Baby-friedly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Training Program on Breastfeeding Practices
This study aims to evaluate the impact of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative training program on nurses' and mothers' breastfeeding practices and experiences.
- Trial name
- BFHI (NCT06824597)
- Testing
- Baby-friendly hospital initiative training program
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 142 people
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University
Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Breastfeeding Initiation
Breastfeeding: Influencing Determinants, Knowledge and Self-efficacy
Our study will assess the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and the determinants and assess knowledge and self efficacy of lactating mothers towards breastfeeding
- Trial name
- feeding (NCT07336004)
- Volunteers
- 380 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Lactation
Recombinant Human Prolactin for Lactation Induction
The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and determine the effects of the hormone prolactin on lactation (breast milk production).
- Trial name
- NCT00181649
- Testing
- Recombinant human prolactin
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pregnancy Related, Pregnancy Loss
Microbiome and Malnutrition in Pregnancy
This study is being conducted to investigate how a mother's nutritional status and her gut microbiome during pregnancy contribute to the birth outcomes and health of her baby.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Pregnancy Loss, Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy; Parasitic Disease
- Trial name
- MMIP (NCT04992104)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Breastfeeding Avoidance and Breastfeeding Self-efficacy
Effect of Solution-Focused Approach Education on Breastfeeding Avoidance and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy in Primiparous Mothers
Breastfeeding provides important short- and long-term benefits for maternal and infant health. However, many women, particularly primiparous mothers, experience psychological, social, and physiological difficulties during…
- Trial name
- NCT07899593
- Testing
- Solution-Focused Approach Education
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karadeniz Technical University
Parenting Self Efficacy, Postpartum Depression
Essential Coaching for Every Mother in Tanzania
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a text message intervention called Essential Coaching for Every Mother in Tanzania to improve mothers' access to essential newborn care information during the immediate six-week postnatal…
- Conditions
- Parenting Self Efficacy, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Anxiety, Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy
- Trial name
- ECEMTZ (NCT05362305)
- Testing
- Essential Coaching for Every Mother
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Low Milk Supply, Pre-diabetes
Metformin to Augment Low Milk Supply (MALMS) Study
Most new mothers in the United States will start off breastfeeding. For some mothers, despite following best practices, they are not able to meet their breastfeeding goals due to unexplained low milk supply.
- Conditions
- Low Milk Supply, Pre-diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Suppressed Lactation
- Trial name
- MALMS (NCT02179788)
- Testing
- Standard care, Metformin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Hiv
Stepped Care to Optimize PrEP Effectiveness in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
To reach HIV-uninfected pregnant and breastfeeding women in South Africa, who are at very high risk of HIV, researchers will test a new and innovative package of interventions: 1) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which is a daily…
- Trial name
- SCOPE-PP (NCT05322629)
- Testing
- PrEP adherence biofeedback, Standard of care counseling
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Shoulder Pain Back Pain Postpartum Period, Back Pain
Effects of Body Mechanics Training on Shoulder-Back Pain and Breastfeeding Ergonomics in Breastfeeding Mothers
The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial and mothers in the intervention group will receive training on posture correction,breastfeeding positions, and shoulder and back muscle strengthening movements.
- Conditions
- Shoulder Pain Back Pain Postpartum Period, Back Pain, Postpartum Period
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT07104227)
- Testing
- body mechanics training, to inform
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ege University
Infantile Colic, Breast Feeding
The Role of Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Microbiomes on Infantile Colic and Atopic Dermatitis in Term Infants
Background: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) and microbiota are both key factors for infants to shape the gut flora and develop the immune system.
- Conditions
- Infantile Colic, Breast Feeding, Atopic Dermatitis, Infant Formula
- Trial name
- NCT05992493
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Preterm Birth, Breast Feeding
Prenatal Breast Pump Education of Mothers and Their Support Person
The study will follow a prospective cohort of racially and economically diverse mothers of premature infants for 3 weeks following delivery to test whether antenatal education of the support person of mothers may decrease time to…
- Trial name
- NCT04006509
- Testing
- Prenatally Delivered Lactation Educational Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Insufficient Lactation
Improving Lactation Success in Black Mothers of Critically Ill Infants
Racial disparities result in Black infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) receiving less breast milk (BM) than White and Hispanic infants.1 BM improves infant health yet mothers of critically ill infants produce…
- Trial name
- NCT05147987
- Testing
- Hands free wearable breast pump
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Caesarean Section
The Effect of Two Methods Applied to Mothers on Insufficient Milk Perception, Breastfeeding Motivation, Fatigue, Anxiety
Although the World Health Organization predicts the caesarean section rate to be 10-15%, the caesarean section rate in Turkey is 52%, more than three times the international standard.
- Trial name
- NCT06687447
- Testing
- Oxycotin Massage Group, Reflexology Group, Control Group
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ordu University
HIV-1-infection
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring to oPtimize ANtiretroviral regimeNs in HIV-infected Women Who wAnt to Breastfeed
This is a prospective, multi-center, longitudinal, mother-infant pair, therapeutic drug monitoring study. The aim of this study is to determine concentrations of antiretroviral drugs in plasma and breastmilk in people living with…
- Trial name
- PANNA-B TDM (NCT05642481)
- Testing
- Therapeutic drug monitoring in plasma of mother and child and in breastmilk
- Where
- 3 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
Postpartum Women
Effect of Foot Massage Performed to the Mother After Bırth on Breastfeedıng Success, Sleep Qualıty and Newborn Stress
Aim: To Reveal The Effect Of Foot Massage Performed To The Mother After Bırth On Breastfeedıng Success, Sleep Qualıty And Newborn Stress Material and Method: This randomized controlled trial was conducted with 70 people (35…
- Trial name
- NCT06786481
- Testing
- Educational with milnacipran, Locally Directed Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Melek Nur KEÇELİ
Gut Microbiota, Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Mother-Infant Cohort Study in Malaysia and China
This mother-infant cohort study aims to determine the geographic differences in the microbial profiles in breast milk from mothers living in Malaysia and China that are potentially important determinants of infant development.
- Conditions
- Gut Microbiota, Gastrointestinal Symptoms, Temperament, Eczema
- Trial name
- NCT04919265
- Testing
- No intervention - mother-infant cohort study
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Breast Milk Collection, Breast Pumping
Breast Massage and Hot Compress Application to Mothers With Premature Babies at Newborn Intensive Care University Effect on Milk Release and Anxiety
This research was carried out in order to determine the effect of breast massage and hot compresses on milk release and anxiety to mothers with premature babies in YYBU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
- Conditions
- Breast Milk Collection, Breast Pumping, Massage Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT05420389
- Testing
- breast massage, hot compress, breast massage-hot compress
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seyma Ertugral
Breastfeeding
Effects of 5-Methyltetrahydrofolic Acid Supplementation on Maternal Health and One-Carbon Metabolism During Lactation
This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled parallel trial evaluates the effects of maternal 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) supplementation during breastfeeding.
- Trial name
- OCMS (NCT07508917)
- Testing
- 5-MTHF Supplementation
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Breastfeeding
Use of Domperidone to Increase Milk Production in Mothers With Newborns in Neonatology
It is a double-blind randomized clinical trial placebo-controlled, which aims to assess whether Domperidone medication helps to increase milk production.
- Trial name
- NCT03221855
- Testing
- Domperidone
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre