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Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT)
This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Collaborators:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
European Union EarlyNutrition program
University of Bristol
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Emily Oken, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01561612
First received: March 20, 2012
Last updated: October 9, 2013
Last verified: October 2013
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Purpose
The overall goal of the PROBIT study is to investigate the influence of a randomized breastfeeding promotion intervention designed to increase the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding ("the breastfeeding promotion intervention") on the development of maternal and child health outcomes. The hypothesis is that randomization to the intervention will be associated with lower child adiposity, lower risk of asthma and atopy, improved lung function, and improved cognitive outcomes.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
| Effect of Breastfeeding on Maternal and Child Health Outcomes | Behavioral: Breastfeeding promotion and support |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: None (Open Label) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | Breastfeeding Promotion RCT and Child Metabolic Syndrome |
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Further study details as provided by Emily Oken, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Gastrointestinal tract infection [ Time Frame: 12 months of age ]Occurrence of 1 or more episodes of gastrointestinal tract infection
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Maternal adiposity [ Time Frame: 6.5 and 11.5 years postpartum ]
- Child adiposity [ Time Frame: Throughout childhood ]
- asthma [ Time Frame: 6.5 and 16 years ]
- cognition [ Time Frame: 6.5 and 16 years ]
- dental caries [ Time Frame: 6.5 years ]
- child behavior [ Time Frame: 6.5 years ]
- vision [ Time Frame: 16 years ]
- lung function [ Time Frame: 16 years ]
- IGF-1 [ Time Frame: Age 11.5 years ]IGF from dried bloodspots
- child height [ Time Frame: throughout childhood ]Research measures of length/height
- adiponectin [ Time Frame: age 11.5 years ]adiponectin from dried bloodspot
- Apo A1 [ Time Frame: Child age 11.5 years ]Apo A1 in dried bloodspots
- glucose [ Time Frame: child age 11.5 years ]fingerstick glucose measured by glucometer
- insulin [ Time Frame: child age 11.5 years ]insulin measured on dried blood spots
- Apo B [ Time Frame: Child age 11.5 years ]Apo B measured in dried blood spots
- Child blood pressure [ Time Frame: throughout childhood ]Research measures of blood pressure at ages 6.5, 11.5 and 16 years
- Maternal blood pressure [ Time Frame: 11.5 years postpartum ]Research measure of maternal blood pressure
- Child metabolic syndrome [ Time Frame: Age 11.5 years ]
- Child growth [ Time Frame: Throughout childhood ]Growth in weight, length, weight for length, BMI, and other measures
- Respiratory tract infections [ Time Frame: to age 12 months and throughout childhood ]Number of respiratory infections, from review of medical record
- Atopic Eczema [ Time Frame: Throughout childhood ]Eczema from review of medical record, parent report,and direct examination
- Atopy [ Time Frame: Age 6.5 years ]Skinprick tests for allergy
- Eating Attitudes [ Time Frame: Age 11.5 years ]Children's Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT) Questionnaire
| Enrollment: | 17046 |
| Study Start Date: | June 1996 |
| Primary Completion Date: | December 1998 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
|
Experimental: Intervention
Breastfeeding promotion according to World Health Organization's Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
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Behavioral: Breastfeeding promotion and support
Breastfeeding promotion and support according to the World Health Organization's Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
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No Intervention: Control
Usual care
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Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Birth at one of 34 Maternity Hospitals in Republic of Belarus
- Breastfeeding initiated at birth, with no contraindications to breastfeeding
- Apgar score >=5 at 5 minutes
- Full term gestation
- Birth weight > 2500g
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01561612
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01561612
Locations
| Belarus | |
| Maternal and Child Health Center | |
| Minsk, Belarus | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
European Union EarlyNutrition program
University of Bristol
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Emily Oken, MD | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care |
| Principal Investigator: | Richard M Martin, MD | University of Bristol |
More Information
Additional Information:
Publications:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
| Responsible Party: | Emily Oken, Associate Professor, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01561612 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
190250 R01HD050758 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) FOOD-DT-2005-007036 ( Other Identifier: European Union's project on Early Nutrition Programming: Long-term Efficacy and Safety Trials ) G0600705 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: UK Medical Research Council ) K24HD069408 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) MOP-53155 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Canadian Institutes of Health Research ) |
| Study First Received: | March 20, 2012 |
| Last Updated: | October 9, 2013 |
Keywords provided by Emily Oken, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care:
|
Breastfeeding Child Health Obesity Blood Pressure Asthma |
Cognitive Development Behavior Eczema Lung Function Spirometry |
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