Status:
TERMINATED
Effectiveness of Domperidone to Increase Breastmilk Supply in Mothers With Low Supply
Lead Sponsor:
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Conditions:
Insufficient Breastmilk Production
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-45 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
This study is testing if a medication called domperidone will help women produce more milk so that they can keep breastfeeding and not use formula. The study is also testing what dose of domperidone w...
Detailed Description
Breastfeeding alone, until an infant is 6 months of age, is the best form of infant nutrition. There are many ways to help women breastfeed when they are having difficulties with the process, mostly i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Women
- healthy women
- inadequate milk supply
- read/speak English
- Infants
- healthy term infants (≥ 38 weeks gestational age)
- age ≥ 2wks and ≤3mths
- surpassed birth weight
Exclusion
- Mother
- cardiac anomalies
- breast or endocrine abnormalities (i.e. breast CA, pituitary adenomas)
- medications contraindicated with domperidone use
- drug or alcohol use
- use of hormonal contraception
- Infant
- physical anomalies making breastfeeding difficult (i.e. cleft palate)
- cardiac anomalies
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
45 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00284024
Start Date
September 1 2006
End Date
September 1 2007
Last Update
October 15 2007
Active Locations (1)
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Stonechurch Family Health Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8W 3L2