Assessing Better Bottles for Babies

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pediatric Obesity, Weight Gain Trajectory, Infant Obesity

In brief

This study will use a 2 x 2 factorial design to test impact of two intervention strategies (bottle size and bottle opacity) on infant weight gain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06357299

Run by

Duke University

People needed

5

Starts

2025-05-28

Expected to finish

2026-03-25

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-09

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Child is 3 days old to 1 month old
• Greater than 37 weeks gestational age at birth
• Birth weight greater than 3% for sex-specific WHO growth standard
• Caregiver must plan to use local clinic as infant's primary medical home for first 6 months of life
• Caregiver must speak English or Spanish as primary preferred language
• Caregiver age 18 years or older
• Caregiver must agree to use intervention bottles assigned during randomization and agree to stop using their existing bottles during the study period

You may not qualify if…

• Multiple gestation
• Significant congenital anomaly or acquired or inherited condition directly affecting feeding, physiology, metabolism, or growth
• Feeding with soy-based, hydrolyzed, lactose-reduced, or elemental formula
• Weight loss greater than 95% for population reference in the first two weeks of life

Where it is running

• Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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