NCT03602729

Brief Summary

Investigators plan to include mother-infant couplets admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit(NICU) at Brookdale Hospital for clinical reasons during one year period 1/2018-1/2019. Participants whose infants have health conditions that will not allow breastfeeding, not able to read or understand English and/or participants refusing to provide phone numbers, an email address or mail address for future communication will not be included in the study. After obtaining an informed consent, participants will be allocated to one of the four study groups by randomization and participants will receive either no education or one of the verbal/written/video education at two different time points: within 4 days and at 2 weeks from the time of birth of the infant. Participants whose infants are in NICU and are feeding expressed breastmilk will be instructed to bring all the expressed breastmilk to NICU and to keep records of the date, time and the amount of expressed breastmilk in the log book maintained at the bedside of the infant. Participants who are directly feeding the infant on breast will be contacted by third personnel who is blind to which study group the participant belongs to qualitatively evaluate breast feeding in terms of frequency, duration, exclusive breast feeding at 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 6 weeks from the time of birth. Participants will be requested not to reveal the study team about the mode of teaching method she has received when she is contacted at 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 6 weeks for the evaluation of the breast feeding. Investigators will also go through the medical records of participants and their infants to collect some demographic data and clinical characteristics pertinent for the study such as age, parity, weight of the infant. Thus, investigators plan to compare the breast-feeding outcome quantitatively among participants who are feeding expressed breast milk and qualitatively as duration/exclusive breast-feeding among participants who are feeding directly on breast following three different teaching interventions: written or verbal or video and find out the most effective method of teaching intervention

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
100

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Feb 2019

Shorter than P25 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 30, 2018

Completed
2 months until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 27, 2018

Completed
6 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

February 1, 2019

Completed
10 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2019

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2019

Completed
Last Updated

January 18, 2019

Status Verified

January 1, 2019

Enrollment Period

10 months

First QC Date

May 30, 2018

Last Update Submit

January 16, 2019

Conditions

Keywords

BreastfeedingTeachingInterventionNICU

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (12)

  • amount of breast milk expression

    amount of breast milk expression in milliliters

    2 weeks

  • Duration of breast feeding

    Duration of breast feeding in weeks

    2 weeks

  • Frequency of breast feeding

    Frequency of breast feeding in number of times in a day

    2 weeks

  • Exclusive breast feeding

    Exclusive breast feeding as yes or no

    2 weeks

  • amount of breast milk expression

    amount of breast milk expression in milliliters

    4 weeks

  • amount of breast milk expression

    amount of breast milk expression in milliliters

    6 weeks

  • Duration of breast feeding

    Duration of breast feeding in weeks

    4 weeks

  • Duration of breast feeding

    Duration of breast feeding in weeks

    6 weeks

  • Frequency of breast feeding

    Frequency of breast feeding in number of times in a day

    4 weeks

  • Frequency of breast feeding

    Frequency of breast feeding in number of times in a day

    6 weeks

  • Exclusive breast feeding

    Exclusive breast feeding as yes or no

    4 weeks

  • Exclusive breast feeding

    Exclusive breast feeding as yes or no

    6 weeks

Study Arms (4)

Group 1

NO INTERVENTION

No study related education given

Group 2

EXPERIMENTAL

Written BF education

Other: Breastfeeding education

Group 3

EXPERIMENTAL

Verbal BF education

Other: Breastfeeding education

Group 4

EXPERIMENTAL

Video BF education

Other: Breastfeeding education

Interventions

Breastfeeding education in three different forms: written/verbal/video

Group 2Group 3Group 4

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Mother-infant couplets with newborns admitted to NICU at Brookdale Hospital for clinical reasons.

You may not qualify if:

  • Any contraindications to breast-feeding such as galactosemia, protein milk allergy, HIV infection, maternal substance abuse
  • Mothers not able to read and/or understand English
  • Mothers refusing to provide phone number or an email address or mail address for future communication

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Brookdale University hospital and Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York, 11212, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Breast Feeding

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding BehaviorBehavior

Study Officials

  • Surichhya Bajracharya

    Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
  • Sravanti Kurada

    Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center

    STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Surichhya Bajracharya

CONTACT

Sravanti Kurada

CONTACT

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
OTHER
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Resident in pediatrics

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 30, 2018

First Posted

July 27, 2018

Study Start

February 1, 2019

Primary Completion

December 1, 2019

Study Completion

December 1, 2019

Last Updated

January 18, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

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