Growth and Feeding Tolerance in Premature Infants

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Conditions studied: Feeding Tolerance, Growth

In brief

The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of early human milk fortification versus delayed fortification on growth and feeding tolerance in premature infants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07409038

Run by

Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan

People needed

96

Starts

2026-02-01

Expected to finish

2026-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-13

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Preterm infants born at 28-31+6 weeks' gestation and/or birth weight1000-1500g.
• Exclusively receiving mother's own milk or donor human milk.
• No major congenital anomalies, severe sepsis, or NEC at enrollment.
• Parental/guardian consent

You may not qualify if…

• Extremely pre-term infants
• Infants with congenital gastrointestinal malformations or metabolic disorders.
• Infants with confirmed necrotizing enterocolitis(NEC)Stage II/III or intestinal perforation before enrollment (as these cases indicate significant gastrointestinal morbidity that may interfere with feeding tolerance and growth assessment).
• Infants whose parents decline participation.

Where it is running

• The Children's Hospital and The Institute of Child Health, Multan — Multan Khurd, Punjab Province, Pakistan

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