The Trial of a New Infant Formula in Healthy Term Chinese Infants

NCT ID: NCT06053112

Last Updated: 2025-11-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

326 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-11-12

Study Completion Date

2027-04-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of this randomized, controlled, multi-center, double-blind study of healthy term infants is to test the safety and efficacy of a new infant formula with a specific blend of six human milk oligosaccharides. The primary objective of the trial is to demonstrate the safety of the new infant formula supplemented by comparing the growth of infants randomized to the experimental formula versus the control formula from enrollment to the age of 4 months. The study has an interventional phase up to 6 months of age including 5 visits followed by an observational phase up to 12 months of age for a subgroup of the first 50 breastfed infants and the first 110 formula-fed infants including 2 additional visits.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy Infants

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Test group: infant formula with 6 HMOs blend; Control group: infant formula without 6 HMOs blends
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Test group

New infant formula with 6 HMOs blend

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

New infant formula with 6 HMOs blend

Intervention Type OTHER

Infants are fed with HMO formula from the date of enrollment to the age of 6 months, exclusive formula feeding until the age of 4 months.

Control group

Standard infant formula without 6 HMOs blend

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard infant formula without 6 HMOs blend

Intervention Type OTHER

Infants are fed with standard formula from the date of enrollment to the age of 6 months, exclusive formula feeding until the age of 4 months.

Reference group

Breastfeeding

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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New infant formula with 6 HMOs blend

Infants are fed with HMO formula from the date of enrollment to the age of 6 months, exclusive formula feeding until the age of 4 months.

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard infant formula without 6 HMOs blend

Infants are fed with standard formula from the date of enrollment to the age of 6 months, exclusive formula feeding until the age of 4 months.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Evidence of personally signed and dated informed consent indicating that the infant's both parents/legally acceptable representative(s) (LAR(s)), as per local regulation, have been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study.
2. Parents/LAR(s) of infants have reached the legal age of majority in China.
3. Parents/LAR(s) of infants are willing and able to comply with scheduled visits, and the requirements of the study protocol and can be contacted directly by telephone throughout the study.
4. At enrollment visit, infant post-natal age is ≤14 days (date of birth = day 0)
5. Healthy term infant (≥37 weeks of gestation).
6. Infant birth weight was ≥2500g and ≤4000g.
7. For formula-fed groups, infant is exclusively consuming and tolerating a cow' s milk infant formula since at least 3 days prior to enrollment. Its parents/LAR(s) have independently elected not to breastfeed.
8. For the breastfed REFERENCE group, infant has been exclusively consuming breastmilk since birth (small amounts of other feedings allowed during the first three days of life before breastfeeding is well-established), and its parents/LAR(s) have made the decision to continue exclusively breastfeeding until at least 4 months of age.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Conditions requiring infant feedings other than those specified in the protocol.
2. Medical condition or history that could increase the risk associated with study participation or interfere with the interpretation of study results, including:

* Evidence of major congenital malformations (e.g., cleft palate, extremity malformation).
* Suspected or documented systemic or congenital infections (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus, cytomegalovirus, syphilis).
* Previous or ongoing severe medical or laboratory abnormality (acute or chronic) which, in the judgment of the investigators, would make the infant inappropriate for entry into the study. Of note, infants who are normally healthy but at the time of enrollment suffering from acute illness in a minor condition which are common in infancy and do not require some of the exclusionary medication mentioned below can be enrolled.
3. Presently receiving or have received prior to enrollment any medication(s) or supplement(s) which are known or suspected to affect the following: fat digestion, absorption, and/or metabolism (e.g., pancreatic enzymes); stool characteristics and gut microbiota (e.g., oral, or systemic antibiotics, glycerine suppositories, bismuth-containing medications, docusate, Maltsupex, or lactulose); growth (e.g., insulin or growth hormone); gastric acid secretion.
4. Currently participating or having participated in another interventional clinical trial since birth.
Maximum Eligible Age

14 Days

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Merieux NutriSciences (China)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Junlebao Dairy Group Co., Ltd.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Wei CAI, MD, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Locations

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Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical College

Jining, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center affiliated to Fudan University

Shanghai, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Xinhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Shanghai, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Third People's Hospital affiliated to Hebei Medical University

Shijiazhuang, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Tianjin, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Yiping XUN, Ph.D.

Role: CONTACT

+86-15630401019

Other Identifiers

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JLB-CH002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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