Clinical Trial: Rectal Administration of Mother's Own Milk and Growth in Preterm Infants

U.S., Nov. 3 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07908966) titled 'Rectal Administration of Mother's Own Milk and Growth in Preterm Infants' on Oct. 21.

Brief Summary: This retrospective observational cohort study evaluated whether rectal administration of mother's own milk was associated with feeding progression and growth in preterm infants. The study included 50 infants born between 27+0 and 32+6 weeks of gestation at a neonatal intensive care unit in Baku, Azerbaijan, between January 2023 and January 2026. All infants had delayed meconium passage beyond 48 hours after birth.

Of the 50 infants, 29 received rectal administration of mother's own milk as part of clinical care, while 21 did not rece...