High-energy Human Milk Diets in the First Two Weeks After Birth to Reduce BPD in Extremely Preterm Infants
Improving Lung Health in Premature Babies Through Early Nutrition: The More & Early Nutritional Delivery for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (MEND-BPD) Trial
- Extreme Prematurity
- Enteral Nutrition
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
At a glance
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Enrolment target
- 150
- Started
- 21 September 2026
- Main results due
- 31 March 2029
- Study sites
- 1
- Registry updated
- 24 September 2026
Can you take part?
- Ages 1 day to 3 days.
- Open to any sex.
- You need the condition being studied — healthy volunteers are not accepted.
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Read the full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Gestational age ≤ 28 weeks of gestation * Postnatal age \< 72 hours Exclusion Criteria: * Congenital malformations * Chromosomal anomalies * Terminal illness needing to limit or withhold support
What this study is about
In the sponsor’s own words, from the registry.
This Phase II, parallel-group, masked, randomized clinical trial aims to evaluate whether a DHA/ARA-enriched, fortified human milk diet administered during the first 14 days of life reduces respiratory morbidity and improves lung function in extremely preterm (EPT) infants (born at ≤28 weeks gestation).
Study sites(1)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Recruiting
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07307612. Trialion does not run this study, is not paid to refer anyone to it, and cannot enrol you. Eligibility is always decided by the research team at the site.
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