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Cohort of Premature Newborns for Charaterization of the Digestive Microbiota in Ulcerative Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Premature Infants

Cohort of Premature Newborns for Charaterization of the Digestive Microbiota in Ulcerative Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Premature Infants

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04972734
Acronym
CortECS
Enrollment
297
Registered
2021-07-22
Start date
2021-07-02
Completion date
2024-08-01
Last updated
2026-09-10

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Premature Birth

Keywords

Necrotizing Enterocolitis, prematurity, volatolomic and microbiological signatures, mast cell activation, blood tryptase assay, fungal digestive colonization, fecal calprotectin

Brief summary

Compare the bacterial digestive microbiota during the stay in neonatal intensive care between a group of premature newborns developing a NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis) and a group of newborns free from NEC.

Detailed description

Monitoring of a cohort of premature newborns with constitution of a collection of biological samples. follow-up of newborns from birth up to 37 weeks of amenorrhea. The medical care of children will not be affected by their participation in the research. * Sampling of amniotic fluid at the time of rupture of the water bag * Sampling of the blood contained in the umbilical cord after clamping and section of the cord * Sampling of meconium during the first 24 hours of life in intensive care / neonatal / maternity ward * Collection of a daily stool sample until the end of hospitalization and when a NEC occurs * Sampling of gastric residues during an episode of NEC * Taking a daily sample of the newborn's enteral food * Sampling of 500 µL of additional blood weekly during the punctures made for the treatment * Daily statement of constants * Record of all complications related to prematurity (HIV, bronchodysplastic, sepsis) * Blood analysis: CBC, platelets and CRP (data analyzed as part of the treatment). Specific analyzes for research will assess: the level of tryptase, IL4 and TLR4. The samples will be stored and analyzed in the immunology laboratory of the CHU Clermont Ferrand (Pr B. Evrard) * Analysis of the meconium sample and each stool emitted during hospitalization, and during an episode of ECUN

Interventions

BIOLOGICALpremature newborns developing a NEC

weekly Blood sample and daily Stools sample during 12 weeks + Blood and stool sample during NEC

BIOLOGICALpremature newborns without NEC

weekly Blood sample and daily Stools sample during 12 weeks

Sponsors

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Lead SponsorOTHER
MEDIS Laboratory
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
QUAPA
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
ENTeRisk
CollaboratorUNKNOWN

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Years to 2 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* born prematurely \< 37 weeks of amenorrhea at the maternity ward of the CHU * affiliated with a social security regime * the holders of parental authority are able to give an informed consent to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

* fetal pathology * newborns whose holders of parental authority are under guardianship or under the age of 18 * refusal of participation by holders of parental authority

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
comparison of volatolomics results of the gut microbiotaImmediatly after the interventionCharacterization of the gut microbiota using a capture method by hybridization of the gene encoding 16S rRNA
comparison of microbiological results of the gut microbiotaImmediatly after the interventionCharacterization of the gut microbiota using a capture method by hybridization of the gene encoding 16S rRNA

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Fungal microbiotaImmediatly after the interventionComparison of the fungal microbiota on 10 NECS and 10 healthy babies
TryptasemiaDay 1, Day 3, Immediatly after the interventionmeasurement of blood tryptasemia
environmental xenobioticsDay 1measurement of titane and silicia levels in placental and meconium assays
Milk protein compositiondaily for 12 weekdmilk protein determination
Milk lipid compositiondaily for 12 weekdmilk lipid determination

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Sep 11, 2026