Does bovine lactoferrin prevent death or disability in very low birthweight infants? Childhood follow up in the NHMRC LIFT study

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Our international consortium of investigators proposes to undertake follow up in survivors among 1,500 very low birth weight preterm infants enrolled in the NHMRC Lactoferrin Infant Feeding Trial, which is designed to evaluate whether low-cost oral lactoferrin supplementation reduces death and disability in early childhood.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 01-01-2020

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,474,012.00

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

clinical trial | feeding and nutrition | infection | patient outcomes | premature infant