Effects of a Synbiotics-containing Starter Formula on Infant Growth

NCT ID: NCT01010113

Last Updated: 2012-04-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

140 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-11-30

Study Completion Date

2011-06-30

Brief Summary

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In this study the investigators want to evaluate the satiety of two infant formulas, one containing prebiotics and the other containing synbiotics. Rate of weight gain, a proxy measurement for the healthy development of an infant, will be assessed in both groups and compared to the growth observed in the WHO Child Growth Standards in order to demonstrate non inferiority.

Detailed Description

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Growth studies continue to be a centrepiece of clinical evaluation of infant formulas. In order to standardize growth, the investigator proposes to calculate the weight-for-age Z-score related to the WHO Child Growth Standards. Z-scores express the difference between the measurement of an individual and the median value of the reference population as a proportion of the SD of the reference population taking into account age and gender.

The hypothesis to be tested is that infants fed with starter formula with prebiotics and probiotics blend and those fed only with probiotics will grow as much as infants in the reference growth of WHO.

Other parameters such as digestive tolerance, frequency of morbidity and microbiota pattern will also be investigated.

Conditions

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Infant Nutrition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Test formula 1

Standard formula with prebiotics

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Standard infant formula with prebiotics

Intervention Type OTHER

From 0-6 months of age. As per standard requirement

test product

Infant formula with synbiotics

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Infant formula with synbiotics

Intervention Type OTHER

From 0-6 months of age as per standard requirement

Interventions

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Standard infant formula with prebiotics

From 0-6 months of age. As per standard requirement

Intervention Type OTHER

Infant formula with synbiotics

From 0-6 months of age as per standard requirement

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy newborn infant
* Age at point of enrolment ≤14 days
* Birthweight ≥2500g and ≤4500g
* Full term infant ≥37 weeks gestation and ≤42 weeks gestation
* Singleton births
* Having obtained his/her or his/her legal representative's informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Congenital illness or malformation that may affect normal growth
* Significant pre-natal or post-natal disease
* Re-hospitalisation for more than 2 days during the first 14 days of life (Exceptionally, infants hospitalized because of jaundice may be enrolled in the study.)
* Receiving infant formula containing probiotics and/or prebiotics prior to enrollment and/or at the time of enrollment
* Patient who cannot be expected to comply with treatment
* Currently participating or having participated in another clinical trial prior to the beginning of this study
Minimum Eligible Age

11 Days

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Days

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National University Hospital, Singapore

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Dr. Lee Le Ye, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National University Hospital, Singapore

Locations

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National University Hospital

Singapore, , Singapore

Site Status

Countries

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Singapore

References

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Lee le Y, Bharani R, Biswas A, Lee J, Tran LA, Pecquet S, Steenhout P. Normal growth of infants receiving an infant formula containing Lactobacillus reuteri, galacto-oligosaccharides, and fructo-oligosaccharide: a randomized controlled trial. Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol. 2015 Apr 7;1:9. doi: 10.1186/s40748-015-0008-3. eCollection 2015.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27057326 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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09.02 INF

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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