Serial Assessment of Body Fat Accrual in Very Preterm Infants
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Adiposity
- Body Weight
- Infant,Premature
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Younger than 14 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Infants in the intervention group will have the information about infant body composition known to the clinicians caring for them (including reference data). Infants in the control group will also undergo serial measurements of infant body composition, but this information will not be available to t...
Infants in the intervention group will have the information about infant body composition known to the clinicians caring for them (including reference data). Infants in the control group will also undergo serial measurements of infant body composition, but this information will not be available to the clinicians. If parent agrees, stool "dirty" diapers will be collected 2 times (at the time of hospital discharge and at 3 months of corrected age).
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03575897
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Ariel A. Salas, MD, MSPH University of Alabama at Birmingham
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