Growth and Safety Clinical Trial on a New Infant Formula
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05508750 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : August 19, 2022
Last Update Posted : September 29, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Weight Gain | Other: New Infant Formula Other: Commercial Infant Formula | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 240 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | A decentralized, randomized, controlled trial of healthy term breastfed and formula-fed infants for 16 weeks |
Masking: | Triple (Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Other |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Controlled Trial Evaluating Growth and Safety in Infants Fed a New Infant Formula |
Actual Study Start Date : | September 21, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: New Infant Formula
New infant formula for healthy term infants
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Other: New Infant Formula
New infant formula fed daily ad libitum |
Active Comparator: Commercial Infant Formula
Standard, commercially available infant formula for healthy term infants
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Other: Commercial Infant Formula
Commercially available infant formula fed daily ad libitum |
No Intervention: Human Milk
Breastfed infants serve as a reference group
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- Weight gain from baseline to 16 weeks feeding [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]Weight gain g/day
- Length gain from baseline to 16 weeks feeding [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]Length gain
- Head Circumference gain from baseline to 16 weeks feeding [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]Head Circumference gain
- Volume of formula consumed during 3-consecutive day intervals [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]Volume of formula consumed
- Assessment of AEs [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]AEs reported during the study
- Caregiver report of tolerance obtained during 3-consecutive day intervals [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]Caregiver report of fussiness, gassiness, and spitting up
- Caregiver report of stool characteristics obtained during 3-consecutive day intervals [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]Caregiver report of stool consistency, color, and frequency
- Stool collection for microbiome testing [ Time Frame: 16 weeks ]Stool collection for microbiome testing at week 16 of feeding

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 0 Days to 14 Days (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Normal term infant (37-42 weeks gestation at birth)
- Infant <15 (+3) days of age at first study feeding, Birth constitutes day 0
- Infant birth weight of ≥2500 g (5.5 lbs.)
- Healthy Infant
- Caregiver who has previously decided to exclusively feed infant formula or exclusively breastfeed and is willing to continue with current feeding method throughout the study (breastfeeding or formula feeding)
- Caregiver willing to conform to protocol requirements (e.g. measuring, feeding, completion of food intake and tolerance diaries, and reporting of AEs)
- Caregiver willing and able to sign informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Infant born in multiple birth (i.e., twins, triplets, etc.)
- Infant born with medical complications (e.g., neurological, cerebral palsy, etc.)
- Infant with family history (parents or siblings) of confirmed Milk or Soy allergies
- Infant with failure to thrive, fever, any GI tract abnormalities (e.g., short gut, gastroesophageal reflux, etc.), any congenital illness or malformation that may affect infant feeding or normal growth
- Caregiver intent to feed non-study formula or solid food during the study

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05508750
Contact: Jan van Marwijk, CEO Jovie USA LLC | +1 847-337-2615 | j.vanmarwijk@jovieusa.com |
United States, New York | |
ObvioHealth | Recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10001 | |
Contact: Parth Shah, Principle Investigator and Medical Director 888-638-6889 joviestudy@obviohealth.com |
Principal Investigator: | Parth Shah, MD FAPCR | ObvioHealth | |
Study Director: | Dawn Ross, Director Clinical Project Management | IQVIA RDS Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Jovie USA, LLC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05508750 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IQV-JOV-001 |
First Posted: | August 19, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | September 29, 2022 |
Last Verified: | September 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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