Improving Nutrition for Babies Born by Caesarean Section
Development of a Specific Infant Formula for Babies Born by Caesarean Section
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
40 participants
Sep 30, 2025
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Conditions
Summary
The ambition of the project is to help with the primal colonisation of babies born by caesarean section and to improve the lipid composition of an infant formula, in order to reduce the short- and long-term health problems associated with caesarean births. This population, which represents around 20% of babies born in France, has not yet received any specific care to date. The study aims to develop an optimized infant formula. It includes: (1) isolation of probiotics from breast milk from nursing mothers and stool samples from their babies born vaginally, (2) formulation of an improved milk enriched with physiological lipids and selected probiotics, and (3) preclinical evaluation of its beneficial effects in a cesarean birth model.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Breastfeeding mothers:
- Aged 18 years and older Breastfeeding for less than 6 months Not having taken probiotics in the 6 months prior to sampling Not having taken antibiotics in the 6 months prior to sampling No chronic medical conditions Not undergoing chronic treatment No history of gestational diabetes Body mass index (BMI) below 25 at the start of pregnancy Having given their consent to participate in the study and to the collection of their baby's stool samples Not deprived of liberty or placed under guardianship
- Receiving medical supplementation other than conventional vitamins
Exclusion Criteria19
- Breastfeeding mothers:
- Under the age of 18
- Breastfeeding for 6 months or more
- Having been on antibiotic therapy in the 6 months prior to sampling
- Having taken probiotics in the 6 months prior to sampling
- Having a chronic illness
- Undergoing chronic treatment
- Who have developed gestational diabetes
- Who have a BMI greater than 25 at the start of pregnancy
- Who have given their consent to participate in the study (breast milk collection) but not to the collection of their baby's stool samples
- Who are deprived of their liberty or under guardianship.
- Babies:
- Aged over 6 months
- Born by caesarean section
- Born before 37 weeks of pregnancy
- Not exclusively breastfed
- Having undergone intrapartum antibiotic treatment
- Taking medical supplements other than conventional vitamins
- Presenting with any type of pathology
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NCT07162025