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CompletedNCT02745977Updated May 10, 2017

Recruiting All Strictly Breast-fed Babies With Blood In Stool

An interventional study of Dairy Free Diet in Breast Milk Protein Intolerance, sponsored by Winthrop University Hospital. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-05-10.

Sponsored by Winthrop University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Non-randomized
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Breast feeding is the most nutritious form of nourishment in infants and is recommended for at least the first four months of life. Breast fed infants may develop milk protein intolerance. The management of breast milk protein intolerance differs from that of cow's milk protein intolerance in formula fed infants. Because breast milk is considered by many to be nutritionally superior to formula and results in maternal infant bonding mothers are often told to continue breast feeding. Despite the lack of evidence based data to support or refute the modification of the mother's diet, it is suggested that they eliminate their own intake of dairy products strictly and avoid supplementing with a cow's milk based formula. Investigators are doing this study to demonstrate that the deletion of dairy from the diet of a breast feeding mother will not cause breast milk protein intolerance to resolve.

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Breast feeding is the most nutritious form of nourishment in infants and is recommended for at least the first four months of life. Breast fed infants may develop milk protein intolerance. The management of breast milk protein intolerance differs from that of cow's milk protein intolerance in formula fed infants. Because breast milk is considered by many to be nutritionally superior to formula and results in maternal infant bonding mothers are often told to continue breast feeding. Despite the lack of evidence based data to support or refute the modification of the mother's diet, it is suggested that they eliminate their own intake of dairy products strictly and avoid supplementing with a cow's milk based formula. The investigators are doing this study to demonstrate that the deletion of dairy from the diet of a breast feeding mother will not cause breast milk protein intolerance to resolve.Some infants have difficulty digesting breast milk. When this happens, the doctor may advise the mother to eliminate dairy from her diet as long as the mother continues breast feeding or until the baby is 12 months old. However, no studies have proven that this change in a mother's diet actually solves the baby's problem with breast milk. The purpose of this study is to find an answer to this question.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Milk Protein Intolerance
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In context

Lead sponsor

Winthrop University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 42 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Women with exclusively breast fed infants less than 4 months of age
  • Infant that has a positive stool guaiac

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Formula fed infants
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
25 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Dairy Free Diet- guaiac + on dairy free diet

    Dairy Free Diet x 3 weeks then stool guaiac positive

    Other: Dairy Free Diet

  • Other
    Guaiac negative on dairy free diet

    on dairy free diet x 3 weeks, then stool guaiac negative

    Other: Dairy Free Diet

Interventions

  • OtherDairy Free Diet

    Dairy Free Diet x 3 stool guaiacs. If positive, dairy is reintroduced to diet.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Presence of blood in the stool as evidenced by positive stool guaiac

    If guaiac positive, then dairy is reintroduced to diet

    Time frame: 3 weeks

  2. guaiac negative on diary free diet

    if guaiac negative on dairy free diet after 3 weeks, will rechallenge with dairy to prove that blood in stool is caused by dairy in mother's diet

    Time frame: 3 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Winthrop Pediatric Associates
    Mineola, New York 11501, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 10, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02745977
Lead sponsor
Winthrop University Hospital
Responsible party
Farrah Lazare, MD (Attending Physician, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Winthrop University Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 20, 2016
Start date
Jun 2014
Primary completion
Apr 24, 2017
Completion
Apr 24, 2017
Last update
May 10, 2017

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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