Donor Human Milk and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Low Birthweight (VLBW) Infants
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01232725 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 2, 2010
Last Update Posted : August 4, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of VLBW Infants | Dietary Supplement: Donor Human Milk | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 121 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Clinical Epidemiologic and Biologic Studies of Donor Human Milk and Breastfeeding |
Study Start Date : | August 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Donor Human Milk
VLBW infants randomized to be fed donor human milk, fortified as appropriate, for all feedings for which maternal milk is not available, including infants who receive no maternal milk
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Dietary Supplement: Donor Human Milk
Donor Human Milk, obtained from the Mother's Milk of Iowa, a HMBANA milk bank |
Experimental: Preterm Formula
VLBW infants randomized to receive preterm infant formula for any feedings for which maternal milk is unavailable, including infants receiving no maternal milk
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Dietary Supplement: Donor Human Milk
Donor Human Milk, obtained from the Mother's Milk of Iowa, a HMBANA milk bank |
- Cognitive scale score of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, III [ Time Frame: 18 - 22 months' adjusted age ]We will administer the BSID III to all subjects at 18-22 mo of age, adjusted for prematurity. We will compare the scores between subjects who received donor human milk to those who received preterm infant formula
- Late Onset sepsis [ Time Frame: 4 months ]We will compare rates of in-hospital confirmed late onset sepsis in VLBW infants receiving donor human milk and preterm formula
- length of hospital stay [ Time Frame: 4 months ]We will compare the length of initial hospital stay between infants who receive donor human milk and those who receive preterm infant formula

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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 24 Months (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- <1501 g weight at birth
Exclusion Criteria:
- chromosomal anomalies
- congenital heart disease
- congenital disorders known to impair neurodevelopment

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01232725
United States, Iowa | |
University of Iowa | |
Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242 |
Principal Investigator: | Tarah T Colaizy, MD, MPH | University of Iowa |
Responsible Party: | Tarah T Colaizy, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Iowa |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01232725 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
200708746 K23HD057232 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | November 2, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | August 4, 2017 |
Last Verified: | August 2017 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Contact PI to discuss data sharing |
BSID III Human Milk Donor Human Milk Preterm infant Breastfeeding |