Supplemental Donor Milk vs Infant Formula in Moderate to Late Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

High-quality evidence supports the use of pasteurized donor human milk (donor milk) in very preterm infants with insufficient maternal milk available. However, evidence to guide the use of donor milk in more mature preterm infants is lacking.

Objective

To compare the effect of donor milk vs term infant formula, used to supplement insufficient maternal milk, on the time to establish full enteral feeds in moderate to late preterm infants.

Design, setting, and participants

This multisite, blinded randomized clinical trial was conducted from July 6, 2021, to April 5, 2023, at 2 Australian neonatal units. Infants 4 days old or younger, born between 32 + 0 and 36 + 6 weeks' gestation, with a birth weight of 1500 g or higher, and admitted to a neonatal unit were e

SUBMITTER: Rumbold AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322819 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature