Participate in a Study
Greaux Baby Study
Study Type
Pediatrics
Study Purpose
The goal of the Greaux Baby research study is to explore how early life nutrition, specifically human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), impacts the health and development of formula fed infants and toddlers through 24 months of age.
HMOs are carbohydrates that are naturally found in human breast milk, but are not always present in formula. HMOs provide many health benefits. For example, HMOs may help to protect infants against infections, support digestive health, as well as potentially improve cognitive development.
About the Study
Infants who are exclusively fed infant formula for the first 6 months may qualify for this study.
If you decide to participate in the study, you will be asked to provide your infant with 1 of 2 infant formulas. Your infant will be randomly assigned to either:
- The experimental study product group, where you will be asked to feed your infant a milk-based infant formula and toddler drink with HMOs through 24 months of age.
- The control study product group, where you will be asked to feed your infant a similar milk-based infant formula and toddler drink without HMOs through 24 months of age.
Both the experimental and control infant formulas meet the nutritional requirements for infants. Both the experimental and control toddler drinks provide nutrients similar to cow’s milk with more vitamins and minerals.
Study Design
- Up to 7 visits to the Pennington Biomedical Clinic over a period of about 2 years
- Up to 7 phone call visits
- Questionnaires
- Length, weight, and head circumference measurements
- Questionnaires and optional behavior tests (to evaluate your baby’s feeding and sleeping behaviors, and motor, problem solving, and social skills)
- Food intake and stool records
- Stool collection
Number of Visits:
Procedures for mothers:
Procedures for infants:
Study Qualifications
- Be currently pregnant or have given birth to a healthy infant who is less than 2 weeks old
- Be healthy and between 0 to 14 days (2 weeks) old
- Be born full-term (37 to 42 weeks gestational age, inclusive)
- Intend to be fed infant formula exclusively through 6 months of age
To qualify for this study, mothers should:
To qualify for this study, infants should:
You may not qualify for this study based on other eligibility criteria not listed. The study team will go over this information in detail.
Study Duration
Participation in this research study will last approximately 2 years.
Compensation
Participants will receive compensation for their time spent in the study. Participants will receive study formula for 12 months at no cost. Additionally, participants will receive a toddler drink from 12 months to 24 months at no cost.
Study Contact
If you are interested in volunteering for the Greaux Baby research study, please click the button below to screen online, call 225-326-0546 or email moms@pbrc.edu.
If you think you may be eligible, please click the button below to screen online.
Please do not fill out this questionnaire for anyone other than yourself unless you are their legal guardian.
If you know someone who may be interested please direct them to the site or have them call us directly at 225-763-3000.
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