Recruiting

Pumping Frequency

Sponsor:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Code:

NCT06673160

Conditions

Breastfeeding

Breastmilk Expression

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Pumping every 2 hours

breast pumping every 3 hours

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effect of breast-pumping frequency on breast milk supply/ volume in mothers of preterm infants. The main question it aims to answer is:

\- What effect does pumping frequency have on breast milk supply.

Researchers will compare breastmilk supply of mothers who pump every 2 hours to the supply of those who pump every 3 hours to see if there is a difference in the amount of breastmilk they produce.

Participants will be assigned to either pump every 2 hours or every 3 hours and record how many milliliters of breastmilk they produce daily for the first 28 days of their baby's life.

Conditions

Breastfeeding

Breastmilk Expression

Study ID

NCT06673160

Start date

Jun 11, 2025

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Inborn infants <32 weeks gestation
  • Out-born infants transferred to our facility <48hours of life
  • Infants <1500 grams at birth
  • Infants whose parents/ guardians have provided legal consent for study participation

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Infants with birthing persons' that are severe/critically ill
  • Birthing persons of infants <18 years old
  • Infants with terminal illness or decision to withhold or limit support
  • infants with major congenital anomalies, chromosomal disorders, or congenital infections

Study Design

Enrollment

70 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Pumping every 2 hours

Mothers of patients in this group will be assigned to pump/ express breastmilk every 2 hours.

active comparator: Pumping every 3 hours

Mothers of patients in this group will be assigned to pump/ express breastmilk every 3 hours.

Interventions

Pumping every 2 hours

The intervention will be pumping every 2 hours.

breast pumping every 3 hours

The intervention will be pumping every 3 hours

Primary outcome measure

  • Volume of expressed breastmilk [ Time Frame: From enrollment to 28 days of life ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Colm Travers, MD

205-934-8793cptravers@uabmc.edu

Folasade Aderibigbe, MD

205-934-8793Sade.Aderibigbe72@gmail.com

Locations

University of Alabama Birmingham

Recruiting

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249

Contacts

Colm Travers, MD

205-934-4680cptravers@uabmc.edu

Folasade Aderibigbe, MD

205-934-4680fmaderibigbe@uabmc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Last update posted

Jul 16, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • breastmilk supply in preterm infant
  • breastfeeding preterm infants

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Alabama at Birmingham on 2026-07-16.