A Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating if Antibiotic Use in the First 48 Hours of Life Adversely Impacts the Preterm Infant Microbiome

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Premature Birth of Newborn, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether antibiotics given immediately after birth alter the development of the developing preterm infant's microbiome, which may further alter overall clinical outcomes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02477423

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

27

Starts

2015-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-08

Who can join

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

Where it is running

• University of Chicago Medical Center - Comer Children's Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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