Effect of the Level of Dietary Protein on Infant Growth

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Conditions studied: Infant Nutrition

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether infants fed a formula with protein levels different than a standard infant formula have similar growth and development.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00716105

Run by

Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

People needed

405

Starts

2008-08-01

Expected to finish

2015-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-19

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Gestational age at least 37 weeks
• Singleton birth
• Birth weight between 2500g and 4500g
• Weight at enrolment is at or above the 5th percentile (CDC)
• Infant has been exclusively formula fed for at least the last 14 days
• Having obtained informed consent of legal representative

You may not qualify if…

• Congenital illness or malformation that affects infant feeding and/or growth
• Significant pre-natal and/or post-natal disease
• Suspected or confirmed allergy to cow milk protein
• In the investigators assessment, infant's family cannot be expected to comply with treatment (feeding regimen)
• Currently participating in another clinical trial

Where it is running

• The Samuel J. Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit Dept of Pediatrics, University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• Department of Pediatrics University of Oklahoma Health Sciences — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

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