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Restoration of Microbiota in Neonates

Restoration of Microbiota in Neonates - a Randomized Controlled Trial


Sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Enrollment

300 participants

Start Date

Jan 1, 2019

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of exposure of cesarean section (CS) delivered neonates to a natural condition of birth, i.e. to the microbiota of the birth canal, on the acquisition of microbial genes during development of the microbiome at multiple body sites, immune system maturation and allergy risk in childhood


Eligibility

Min Age: 5 MinutesMax Age: 15 Minutes

Inclusion Criteria1

  • Infants of healthy mothers with uncomplicated pregnancies at term, mothers of any ethnic or social background that can speak, read, and understand Swedish to the extent that they can consent in Swedish. An additional inclusion criterion for mothers in the CS groups is vaginal pH ≤ 4 at the time of birth.

Interventions

OTHERMaternal microbiota

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Locations(1)

Karolinska Institutet

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

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