Effects of a Synbiotics-containing Starter Formula on Infant Growth

Overview

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.

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.

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