Status:

WITHDRAWN

Recombinant Human Prolactin for Lactation Induction

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Conditions:

Lactation

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-45 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess the safety and determine the effects of the hormone prolactin on lactation (breast milk production).

Detailed Description

Subjects will participate in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial comparing breast pumping, alone, to breast pumping and r-hPRL. Subjects will have one week of instruction w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy, non-postpartum women, aged 18-45 years, who desire to lactate for their adoptive children
  • Normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and prolactin level
  • Normal adrenal gland function or taking physiological glucocorticoid replacement
  • No medical illnesses that contraindicate breastfeeding
  • HIV negative
  • Normal breast development

Exclusion

  • Use of medications known to increase prolactin
  • Anatomical breast abnormalities
  • Previous mammoplasty or breast augmentation
  • Current use of hormonal contraception
  • Allergies to mannitol
  • Medications contraindicated for breastfeeding mothers

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00181649

Start Date

September 1 2006

End Date

May 1 2011

Last Update

May 9 2013

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114