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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01379417
Date of registration: 10/05/2011
Primary sponsor: Nestlé
Public title: Probiotics Supplementation in Premature Infants
Scientific title: Probiotics Supplementation and Nutritional Benefit in Premature Infants
Date of first enrolment: November 2007
Target sample size: 199
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01379417
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care  
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:   Jean-Charles Picaud, Pr
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  HĂ´pital de la Croix Rousse
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

- Gestational age between 26 weeks and 31 weeks

- Birth weight between 700 to 1600 g

- Eutrophic infants (weight between -2 to 2 DS, Usher curves)

- Admitted to one of the participating hospital unit within the 8 days following the
birth, the birth date equals the 1st day of life.

- Still on parenteral feeding or infusion on the 5th day of birth

Non inclusion criteria

- Digestive disorders > or equal to 1b on Bell stage

- Severe intra-ventricular haemorrhage (stage 3-4) before 5th day of life.

- Severe malformations or digestive malformations

- No antenatal corticosteroid therapy

- Severe medical or surgical disorder affecting the absorption, digesting and as a
result the growth (Hirschsprung disease, lactose intolerance, cow milk protein
allergy, mucoviscidosis).

- Parents geographical distance preventing the hospitalization follow-up in the
hospital participating unit (geographical distance planned before the infant reaches
1500 g or 32 weeks of gestational age)

Exclusion criteria

- Enteral/Oral feeding termination during more than 72 hours due to severe digestive
disorders (> or equal to 2a on Bell stage )

- Serious digestive surgery



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 8 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Prematurity
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Probiotic supplementation
Primary Outcome(s)
Weight (g) [Time Frame: From 4 to 6 weeks after inclusion]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Growth [Time Frame: between inclusion date and 4 to 6 weeks after inclusion (= end of supplementation period)]
Secondary ID(s)
04.01.FR.INF
2006-A00062-49
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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