Clinical trials: Human Milk/Breastfeeding
Breast Milk Production, Human Milk Feeding
Efficacy of Herbal Galactagogue Silitidil After Preterm Birth
After preterm birth mothers often suffer from hypogalactia. Herbal galactogogues can be used in order to increase milk production.
- Conditions
- Breast Milk Production, Human Milk Feeding, Hypogalactia, Preterm Infant Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT03577587
- Testing
- Silitidil for 21 days
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Waldkrankenhaus Protestant Hospital, Spandau
Vitamin D Deficiency, Rickets
Vitamin D Supplementation in Breastfeeding Women
Adequate vitamin D is essential for proper infant growth and development. However, human milk is low in vitamin D, and most infants do not receive recommended supplementation.
- Conditions
- Vitamin D Deficiency, Rickets, Infant Nutrition Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT01240265
- Testing
- Vitamin D3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Exclusive Breastfeeding, Human Milk
Assessing Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice
This study was a longitudinal design. The questionnaire on exclusive breastfeeding was administered and was validated against the deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique to assess human milk intake of babies aged 3 and 6 mo.
- Conditions
- Exclusive Breastfeeding, Human Milk, Breast Milk
- Trial name
- NCT05959460
- Testing
- Deuterium dose-to-mother method for assessing breastfeeding
- Volunteers
- 206 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Human Milk/Breastfeeding, Breast Pumping
Flange Fitting for NICU Pumping Parents to Explore Improved Milk Production and Satisfaction
Increasing evidence for an effective method of flange fitting will allow lactation consultants to better advocate for the supplies and training needed to properly fit flanges for this population, hopefully leading to increased…
- Trial name
- NCT07268105
- Testing
- The intervention is an educational intervention using the FLANGEFits protocol in the NICU. This protocol has only been used previously in the community.
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Newborns, Breast Milk Expression
Newborns Supplemented With Gentle-UHT Donor Milk
This study evaluates the effects of providing breastfeeding mothers with Gentle-UHT donor human milk (GHM) after discharge to bridge the gap during delayed onset lactation, to support an exclusive human milk diet and continued…
- Trial name
- NCT04492579
- Testing
- Gentle-UHT donor human milk supplementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- LactaLogics, Inc
Lactation
Growth Hormones and Cells in Human Milk Depending on Gestational Age
Human breast milk contains growth factors including neurotrophins and cells with neuroprotective potential. Concerning growth factors milk of preterms differs significantly from term milk.
- Trial name
- BMProfile (NCT02662517)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital of Cologne
Breastfeeding, Preterm Birth
Sodium Awareness in Lactation Trial
SALT is a multi-centre, non-blinded, non-randomized prospective interventional pilot study teaching lactating parents of hospitalized preterm infants how to test their breastmilk sodium (Na) using point-of-care (POC) meters.
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Preterm Birth, Breast Pumping, Lactation; Insufficient, Partial
- Trial name
- SALT (NCT06563726)
- Testing
- point-of-care milk sodium testing
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Breast Pumping
Assessing the Effect of an Additional 5 Minutes Pumping on Milk Output in the First Days After Delivery
The study hypothesizes that human who are both breastfeeding and pumping in the first days postpartum have more expression volume with an additional 5 minutes of pumping with Maintain program after pumping with the INITIATE…
- Trial name
- NCT06222567
- Testing
- 15 minutes pumping with INITIATE program, 5 minutes extra pumping with MAINTAIN program
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
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
Breast Milk Collection
Human Milk Sample Composition in Israeli Mothers and Correlation With Their Diet
The study will collect human milk from 100 mother of term infants 2-3m after delivery and from 50 mothers of preterm infants 14 and 30 days after delivery.
- Trial name
- NCT02596295
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Enzymotec
Non-alcoholic Malt Product in Lactation
Effects of Anke Malz on Women During Lactation
Human milk is the most optimal food to provide all infants' needs before eating solid food. However, underproduction of milk is a common and concerned problem for breastfeeding women.
- Trial name
- NCT02523729
- Testing
- Anke Malz
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Lactational Amenorrhea, Body Weight Changes
Effects of Exercise and Yogurt on Bone Mineral Density and Immunological Factors in Human Milk: The MEEMA Study
Obesity in America has risen to epidemic levels over the past 20 years. For women, childbearing itself could be a contributing factor to this high prevalence of excess weight.
- Conditions
- Lactational Amenorrhea, Body Weight Changes, Bone Loss
- Trial name
- MEEMA (NCT03732261)
- Testing
- Exercise and dietary
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University
Preterm, Very Low Birth Weight Infant
Weight Gain in Extremely Premature Infant With Targeted Versus Adjusted Fortification
Investigation about the effect on weight gain in extremely low birth weight preterm with individualized fortification, according to human milk analysis versus fortification adjusted according to urea serum concentration.
- Conditions
- Preterm, Very Low Birth Weight Infant, Feeding, Breast, Food, Fortified
- Trial name
- FORTIN (NCT04982133)
- Testing
- Protein supplementation based on plasma urea concentration every other week or human milk analysis on experiment
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario La Paz
Lactating Women Who Give Their Milk to One of the 6 Milk Banks Participating in the Study
Levels of Contaminants in Human Milk
Recent international data have shown that the levels of chemical substances found in human milk could be at risk for breastfed infants. New data are necessary to assess this risk among French newborns.
- Trial name
- Conta-Lait (NCT01848444)
- Testing
- Breastmilk
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 187 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Growth & Development, Breastfeeding Satisfaction
Effectiveness of a Counseling Program on Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates in a Primary Care Center
Introduction: Evidence supports that exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is the most beneficial method of infant feeding up to 6 months of age. The practice confers numerous advantages for the infant and the mother.
- Conditions
- Growth & Development, Breastfeeding Satisfaction, Breastfeeding Consultancy Training, Breastfeeding Duration
- Trial name
- ALM-AP (NCT07309510)
- Testing
- breastfeeding counseling
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Fundación Pública Galega de Investigación Biomédica INIBIC
Childhood Obesity Prevention, Childhood Obesity
Postnatal Exercise to Activate Baby's Brown Fat
The purpose of this study is to learn how exercise and physical activity during pregnancy and after pregnancy may affect the composition of breastmilk.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity Prevention, Childhood Obesity, Physical Activity, Lactation
- Trial name
- PEABaBy (NCT07467694)
- Testing
- Active group
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joslin Diabetes Center
Breast Feeding, Human Milk
UmbrelLACT Study: Clinical Lactation Study on the Exposure to Medicines Via Human Milk
The goal of this observational study is to determine the concentration of medicines in human milk during maternal medicine intake.
- Trial name
- UmbrelLACT (NCT06042803)
- Testing
- Human milk collection, Optionally: maternal blood sample, Optionally: child blood sample
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Growth, Body Composition
Effect of Target Fortified Human Milk on the Growth Quality of Very Preterm Infants (TargetFort)
It is reported that the standard method for fortification of human milk (HM) overestimates the energy and protein densities of HM (Macedo MHNP 2018), thus originating infant undernutrition (Macedo AJP 2018).
- Conditions
- Growth, Body Composition, Prematurity, Breast Milk Collection
- Trial name
- TargetFort (NCT04400396)
- Testing
- standard HM fortification, target HM fortification
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central
Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D Insufficiency
Trial to Assess Vitamin D Requirements in Lactating Women
This is a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation with 20mcg cholecalciferol (to achieve a total intake of 25mcg/day), with or without 500mg calcium to assess vitamin D requirements in lactating women…
- Trial name
- DMUMs (NCT01349127)
- Testing
- 20µg Vitamin D3, 20µg Vitamin D3 + 500 mg Calcium
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
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