Completed
Sensitive Periods in Human Flavor Learning
What is being tested
Timing of Diet and Flavor Experience
+ Timing of Diet and Flavor Experience
+ Timing of Diet and Flavor Experience
Other
Who is being recruted
Behavior+1
+ Behavior, Animal
+ Breast Feeding
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How is the trial designed
Other Study
Interventional
Study Start: August 2012
Summary
Principal SponsorMonell Chemical Senses Center
Last updated: December 9, 2019
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Study start date: August 1, 2012
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.This is a randomized clinical trial on both breastfeeding and formula feeding infants to determine the effects of the timing of flavor experiences on subsequent food acceptance in both members of the dyad.
Principal SponsorMonell Chemical Senses Center
Last updated: December 9, 2019
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Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
97 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Other Study
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Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.
Healthy volunteers allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
BehaviorBehavior, AnimalBreast FeedingFeeding Behavior
Criteria
4 inclusion criteria required to participate
Healthy, term infants and their mothers
Infants 2 wks (+/- 2 wk of age)
Mothers and infants exclusively breastfeeding or exclusively feeding a cows-milk based formula
Mothers must be older than 18 years of age
5 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Infants who were preterm or have medical conditions that interfere with feeding or eating
Mothers who are allergic to any vegetables
Mothers who had gestational diabetes or are diagnosed with a major illness requiring treatment or surgery
Mothers who will be going back to work full-time before the infant is 4 months old
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Study Plan
Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
4 intervention groups are designated in this study
This study does not include a placebo group
Treatment Groups
Group I
ExperimentalMothers will receive the intervention for 1 month beginning when their infant is 0.5 months old.
Intervention: Timing of Diet and Flavor Experience
Group II
ExperimentalMothers will receive the intervention for 1 month beginning when their infant is 1.5 months old.
Intervention: Timing of Diet and Flavor Experience
Group III
ExperimentalMothers will receive the intervention for 3 months beginning when their infant is 0.5 months old.
Intervention: Timing of Diet and Flavor Experience
Group IV
No InterventionMothers will not receive the intervention.
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives
Secondary Objectives
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 1 location
Monell Chemical Senses Center
Philadelphia, United StatesOpen Monell Chemical Senses Center in Google MapsCompletedOne Study Center