Premature Birth
Conditions
Keywords
premature birth, lactation
Brief summary
A randomized controlled trial of impact of wearable, wireless breast pumps on how often and how much milk mothers of premature infants can pump.
Detailed description
Randomized, controlled crossover study design. Non-blinded. Mother of infants born at or below 29+6 weeks of gestation will be eligible once their infant is 28 or more days old. Mothers will be provided with a wearable, wireless breast pump in addition to their usual hospital grade pump. Wireless pumps can be used while cuddling their baby, driving too and from the hospital, caring for other children, etc.
Interventions
DEVICEWearable wireless breast pump
As above
Sponsors
University of Texas at Austin
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Mother of infant born at 29+6 weeks or below * Mother still pumping at 4 weeks since birth
Exclusion criteria
* Current use of mothers own wearable pump
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of pumping sessions per day | 7 days | Number of milk pumping sessions per day |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volume of milk pumped per day | 7 days | Volume of breast milk pumped per day |
| Percentage of required volume pumped | 7 days | Percentage of infants daily required milk volume which was pumped per day |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactErica Ortiz
Outcome results
None listed