The purpose of this study is to assess growth of preterm infants fed human milk supplemented with an experimental human milk fortifier.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
147
Human milk fortifier to be added to human milk feedings
Control human milk fortifier to be added to human milk
University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
UCSD Medical Center
San Diego, California, United States
Weight gain
Time frame: 29 days
Anthropometric variables
Length and head circumference
Time frame: 29 days
GI tolerance
stool characteristics, periods of nil per os (NPO), and withheld feedings due to abdominal distention, gastric residuals, vomiting, etc.
Time frame: 29 days
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