Weight Patterns in the Month After Birth

Completed

Conditions studied: Stunting, Wasting, Undernutrition, Feeding Patterns, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Feeding, Breast

In brief

This is a prospective cohort study that will be conducted in four low income countries to describe newborn weight patterns in the first month after birth and their association with clinical and demographic factors including dietary intake.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04025827

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

741

Starts

2019-04-22

Expected to finish

2021-02-21

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-13

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Birth weight ≥ 2000g.
• Mother ≥18 years of age and intends to breastfeed for at least 6 months.
• Mother anticipates availability for all study visits.

You may not qualify if…

• Birth weight <2000g
• Respiratory distress including tachypnea, head nodding, nasal flaring, chest retractions or grunting
• Known major congenital anomalies including orofacial clefts, neural tube defects and congenital heart defects
• Contraindication to breastfeeding at each site as determined by a site's national or sub-national health authorities
• Twins and other multiples.
• Newborns whose birth weight was not obtained in the first six hours.
• Newborns whose mothers intend to move or otherwise become unavailable during the follow up period of 30 days after birth

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• International Partnership for Human Development — Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
• Dhulikhel Hospital — Dhulikhel, Nepal
• Aga Khan University — Karachi, Pakistan
• Makerere University — Kampala, Uganda

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