Healthy term infants
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthy and full-term infants (gestational age between 37 and 42 weeks); 2. Birth weight within the normal range for gestational age and sex (10th to 90 percentiles according to applicable growth charts); 3. Age 7 weeks at screening; 4. Body weight appropriate for the individual age and sex at screening (10th to 90 percentiles according to applicable growth charts); 5. Infants who are fully formula fed or have started the transition from breast to formula-feeding (indicated by the feeding of at least one bottle of infant formula in the past) and are planning to stop breastfeeding voluntarily by infant's age of 7 weeks; 6. Written informed consent of both parent(s)/legal guardian(s).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Infants not on full formula feeding at the age of 7 weeks (to be answered latest at the age of 8 weeks (visit 2)); 2. Infants with known congenital diseases or malfunctions e.g. gastrointestinal malformations, haemophilia; 3. Current or previous illnesses which could interfere with the study (e.g. prolonged severe diarrhoea, regurgitation); 4. Infants with abnormal growth (too slow ( +1SD) weight gain) within the 10th to 90th percentiles of applicable weight-for-age charts for either boys or girls; 5. Infants at high risk to develop an atopic disease (at least one parent or sibling with manifest atopic symptoms of hay fever, asthma or atopic dermatitis); 6. Infants needing a special diet other than standard cow's milk-based infant.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Digestion and absorption, measured as blood lipid parameters. | — |
Contacts
Director Clinical Research Platform PO Box 80141