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Study identifier: NCT03838536 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 28, 2026
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Synergistic Activity of Human Milk Nutrients and Infant Cognition

Condition: Breastfeeding, Exclusive  ·  Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

PhaseNA
Planned participants84
Who can joinAll sexes, 3 Months to 35 Years
Healthy volunteersYes

About this study

Purpose: To establish a whole food, egg, as a viable study material to supplement mothers and infants with nutrients that support optimal brain development. There will be 84 breastfeeding dyads, 3 months postnatal. Mothers will be randomized to a whole egg or egg white (due to lack of an appropriate control food). Initial diet intake will be screened using the NDSR. Participants will come to the lab 3 times across 3 months (age 3 months, 4.5 months, and 6 months). Milk, saliva, and plasma will be collected from the mother, while saliva and plasma (heel stick) are collected from the infant. Diet data will be collected at each visit. The infant will complete a recognition memory test using electrophysiology at 6 months as well as the Bayley Scales of Infant Development at 4.5 months. The mother will complete a temperament questionnaire at 3 months and 6 months.

This description comes directly from the study's public registry record.

Talk to the study team

Carol L Cheatham, PhD  ·  704-250-5010  ·  carol_cheatham@unc.edu

Study Coordinator  ·  704-250-5018  ·  feedingbrains@unc.edu

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Locations (1)

Nutrition Research InstituteKannapolis, North Carolina, United StatesRecruiting

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