Milk And Growth In Children (MAGIC) Born Very Preterm: A Randomized Trial
ConditionPrematurity
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6-4
SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
About this trial
The goal of this multi-center randomized, parallel group trial is to determine the effect of human milk diets ranging between 180 and 200 mL/kg/day on the body composition outcomes of moderately preterm infants born between 27 and 31 weeks of gestation.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Gestational age between 27 0/7 and 31 6/7 weeks
Birthweight of 1500 grams or less
Human milk feeding during the first 14 days after birth
Full enteral feeding (120mL/kg/day or more) within the first 14 days after birth
Disqualifiers
Necrotizing enterocolitis stage 2 or greater
Spontaneous intestinal perforation
Major congenital/chromosomal anomalies
Terminal illness requiring limited or withheld support
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Human milk
Treatment groups
486 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lead sponsor
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov