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Ancillary Microbiome Collection From Mother/Infant Pairs During First Year of Life

Ancillary Microbiome Collection From Mother/Infant Pairs During First Year of Life

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03236194
Enrollment
100
Registered
2017-08-01
Start date
2017-07-17
Completion date
2019-01-30
Last updated
2019-03-04

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Conditions

Infant Development

Brief summary

The investigators will be studying the development of the microbiome over the first year after birth in light of various environmental influences - e.g. mode of delivery, diet (and diet changes), antibiotic exposure, GERD medication exposure.

Detailed description

Microbiome samples will be collected from mother/infant pairs during post-natal hospital stay through the first year of life. Investigators will perform statistical analyses to test the hypotheses (1) that there is an association between the developing oral and gut microbiomes, and (2) that they interact in affecting childhood obesity. This study relates to the INSIGHT study (NCT01167270) and its last outcome measure; exploring oral and gut microbiome collected from that study's second born participants.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Penn State University
CollaboratorOTHER
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. full-term infant (\> 36 0/7 weeks gestational age) without significant morbidity 2. nursery/NICU/maternity stay of 7 days or less 3. participant children can be (but do not have to be) twins 4. English speaking mother 5. care provided at an HMC affiliated clinic 6. a working telephone number

Exclusion criteria

1. prenatal ultrasound presence of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) 2. infant birth weight \<2250 grams 3. presence of a congenital anomaly or neonatal condition that significantly affects a newborn's feeding (e.g. cleft lip, cleft palate, metabolic disease) 4. any major maternal morbidities and/or pre-existing condition that would affect postpartum care or her ability to care for her newborn such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, lupus, etc. 5. plan for newborn to be adopted 6. plan to move from Central Pennsylvania within 1 year 7. have 2 older siblings in INSIGHT/SIBSIGHT (NIH funded study related to this ancillary study)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Microbiome outcomebirth to 1 yearMicrobiome diversity within individuals (how gut and oral microbiomes are similar or different) and between individuals

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Genetic variationbirth to 1 yearAssociations between genetic variation and microbiome diversity

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026