The Lactoferrin Infant Feeding Trial (LIFT)

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1047100

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We are an international team committed to clinical trials to improve survival without disability in newborn babies. We plan a randomised trial to confirm if bovine lactoferrin, an inexpensive dairy protein, reduces death or major morbidity and increases total breast milk intake in 1,500 very low birthweight babies in neonatal intensive care units

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2013

End Date: 01-01-2018

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $2,203,171.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Paediatrics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

disability | infant development | infant mortality | infection | premature infant

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