Clinical trials: Breastfeeding Status
Healthy
Gastrointestinal Tolerance And General Health Status Of Healthy Term Infants Fed A New Infant Formula
The purpose of this study is to assess stool consistency, in combination with additional health-related parameters including gastrointestinal tolerance and health-related quality of life, in a large sample of Chinese infants.
- Trial name
- NCT01370967
- Testing
- Study formula feeding, Human milk feeding, Mixed feeding
- Where
- 24 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Vitamin D Deficiency
Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency
Breastfed infants living in a northern location (41 degrees N) are at high risk of vitamin D deficiency during winter. This trial is designed to determine how much supplemental vitamin D breastfed infants need to receive in order…
- Trial name
- NCT00494104
- Testing
- Vitamin D drops, 200 or 400 or 600 IU/day or 800 IU/day
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 398 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Overweight and Obesity, Vitamin A Deficiency
Individualized Dietary Intervention in Breastfeeding Women: Body Weight and Vitamin A Stores
Breast milk is the best food during the first 6mo of life because it offers multiple benefits for the mother-infant pair. An inadequate maternal diet during pregnancy can lead to excess weight gain, leading to negative health…
- Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity, Vitamin A Deficiency, Dietary Modification, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- NCT03640104
- Testing
- Intervention-Nutrition guidelines, Nutrition guidelines
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Sonora
Vitamin D Deficiency
Maternal Vit D Supplements & Infant and Maternal Biomarkers & Outcomes in Southern Ethiopia
Synthesis of vitamin D in the skin through the action of sunlight is a major source of vitamin D in parts of the world where foods are not fortified with the vitamin.
- Trial name
- NCT02210884
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
Breastfeeding, Exclusive
Profile of Human Milk Oligosaccharides and FUT2 Polymorphism of Mothers in Indonesia
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), the third most abundant constituent of breastmilk, are known to have beneficial effects on infant immunity. Maternal genetic polymorphisms cause HMO variability.
- Trial name
- NCT05156255
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Maternal Behavior, Maternal Obesity
Early Life Feeding Exposure and Infant Immune and Health Status.
Background: Although breastfeeding has known protective effects, such as preventing childhood obesity, the specific mechanisms remain unclear.
- Conditions
- Maternal Behavior, Maternal Obesity, Breast Milk Collection, Infant Development
- Trial name
- NCT05986539
- Testing
- Observational
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Idaho
Growth & Development, Formula Feeding of Healthy Full Term Infants
Evaluation of Different Protein Content of Formulas on Nutrition Status of Infants.
Human milk (HM) is the gold standard of early infant nutrition. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommend that newborns be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months of life.
- Conditions
- Growth & Development, Formula Feeding of Healthy Full Term Infants, Breast Feeding of Healthy Full Term Infants
- Trial name
- NCT03513991
- Testing
- Infant formula
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Milk Types and Fish Oil in 9- to 12-Month-Old Infants
The objective of this intervention study is to examine the effect of whole cow's milk versus infant formula as primary milk sources with or without supplements of n-3 LCPUFA for growth, nutritional status, development, risk…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Growth, Blood Pressure
- Trial name
- NCT00379171
- Testing
- Cow's milk with fish oil, Cow's milk without fish oil, Formula with fish oil
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Iron Deficiency
Iron and the Breast-Fed Infant: Iron Status and Two Regimens of Iron Supplementation
Normal breastfed infants can develop iron deficiency by 6 months of age. This trial tested the hypothesis that regular provision of a source of iron beginning at 4 months of age improves iron status and could prevent iron…
- Trial name
- BFe01B1 (NCT00760890)
- Testing
- Fer-In-Sol (ferrous sulfate), Iron fortified cereal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 171 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Vitamin A Deficiency
Vitamin A Bioavailability in Lactating Women With Marginal Vitamin A Status
The study will assess the relative bioavailability and bioefficacy of cryptoxanthin (CX) and beta-carotene (BC) from food sources for increasing breast milk carotenoid and retinol concentrations in lactating Bangladeshi women.
- Trial name
- NCT01420406
- Testing
- 0 mg retinol activity equivalents, 12 mg of BC, 6 mg of CX
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Midwifery Support, Skin to Skin Contact
The Effect of Skin-to-skin Contact at Birth
To determine the effects of skin-to-skin contact at birth on birth outcomes (placental delivery time, postpartum pain level, time of first breastfeeding, and breastfeeding motivation) and on postpartum parenting behavior.
- Conditions
- Midwifery Support, Skin to Skin Contact, Parenthood Status
- Trial name
- NCT07656207
- Testing
- Immediate skin-to-skin contact after birth (intervention group)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology University
Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Nutrition Status
Effect of Breastfeeding Education and Support Intervention on Timely Initiation and Exclusive Breastfeeding
The purpose of this study is to develop and test Breastfeeding Education and Support Intervention for improving timely initiation and Exclusive Breastfeeding rate. Infant mortality rates are still high in Ethiopia.
- Trial name
- NCT03030651
- Testing
- Breastfeeding Education and Support
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 469 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Body Weight, Obesity & Overweight
Breastmilk and the Link to Overweight/Obesity and Maternal Diet in the Mother-breastmilk-child Triad
The prospective 5-month follow-up study will involve 150 mother-infant dyads grouped based on maternal baseline BMI category (normal weight, overweight, obesity).
- Conditions
- Body Weight, Obesity & Overweight, Human Milk/Breastfeeding, Body Composition
- Trial name
- BLOOM-Triad (NCT07457515)
- Where
- 4 sites in Canada, Poland
- Volunteers
- 165 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Supplementation of Lactating Mothers
The investigators would like to test the hypothesis that maternal vitamin D supplementation during lactation in dose 1200IU/d (400IU from multivitamins + 800 IU cholecalciferol) is more effective than 400IU/d (400IU from…
- Trial name
- MAVID (NCT01506557)
- Testing
- cholecalciferol
- Where
- 5 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland