Clinical Safety of a New Infant Starter Formula Containing 2 Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs)

NCT ID: NCT01715246

Last Updated: 2015-09-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

176 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-10-31

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this clinical study is to show that infants fed a standard starter infant formula with 2 Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) have a growth in line with infants fed a standard starter infant formula without HMOs.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Caregivers

Study Groups

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Starter infant formula without HMO

Volumes of feed depend on age, weight and appetite.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Infant Formula

Intervention Type OTHER

Starter infant formula with 2 HMOs

Volumes of feeds depend on age, weight and appetite

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Infant Formula

Intervention Type OTHER

Breasfed reference group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Infant Formula

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Healthy babies
* Full term babies (37 weeks ≤ gestation ≤ 42 weeks)
* birth weight between 2500 g- 4500g
* Having obtained the baby's legal representative's informed consent.
* FF groups:

babies aged between birth and 14 days, exclusively formula-fed at time of enrollment, whose mother independently elected, before enrollment, not to breastfeed

• BF group: babies aged 3 months (+/- 5 days), exclusively breastfed since birth.

Exclusion Criteria

* Congenital illness or malformation that may affect growth
* Significant pre-natal and/or serious post-natal disease before enrollment (by medical decision)
* Minor parent(s)
* Newborn whose parents / caregivers cannot be expected to comply with study procedures
* Currently participating or having participated in another clinical trial since birth, except for BF group, where vaccines studies are allowed.
Maximum Eligible Age

14 Days

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Giovanni CORSELLO

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dipartimento Materno Infantile, Palermo

Philippe ALLIET

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Kinderartsenpraktijk, Hasselt, Belgium

Locations

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Kinderartsenpraktijk

Hasselt, , Belgium

Site Status

Dipartimento Materno Infantile

Palermo, , Italy

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium Italy

References

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Tarrant I, Finlay BB. Human milk oligosaccharides: potential therapeutic aids for allergic diseases. Trends Immunol. 2023 Aug;44(8):644-661. doi: 10.1016/j.it.2023.06.003. Epub 2023 Jul 11.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37438187 (View on PubMed)

Dogra SK, Martin FP, Donnicola D, Julita M, Berger B, Sprenger N. Human Milk Oligosaccharide-Stimulated Bifidobacterium Species Contribute to Prevent Later Respiratory Tract Infections. Microorganisms. 2021 Sep 12;9(9):1939. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9091939.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34576834 (View on PubMed)

Berger B, Porta N, Foata F, Grathwohl D, Delley M, Moine D, Charpagne A, Siegwald L, Descombes P, Alliet P, Puccio G, Steenhout P, Mercenier A, Sprenger N. Linking Human Milk Oligosaccharides, Infant Fecal Community Types, and Later Risk To Require Antibiotics. mBio. 2020 Mar 17;11(2):e03196-19. doi: 10.1128/mBio.03196-19.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32184252 (View on PubMed)

Puccio G, Alliet P, Cajozzo C, Janssens E, Corsello G, Sprenger N, Wernimont S, Egli D, Gosoniu L, Steenhout P. Effects of Infant Formula With Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Growth and Morbidity: A Randomized Multicenter Trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 Apr;64(4):624-631. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001520.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28107288 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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11.26.INF

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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