C-Section or vaginal? study reveals differences in breast milk
NCT ID NCT05516940
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether the way a baby is born (C-section or vaginal) changes the nutrients in breast milk. Researchers analyzed milk from 250 healthy mothers in China. The goal was to understand differences in sugars, fats, and proteins, not to test any treatment.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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250 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2022
- Finished
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Jul 2023
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study population of interest is mothers that have delivered at full term (\>37 weeks of gestation) who have already provided human milk samples collected within China CDC's cross sectional multi-centric human milk study conducted in China.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Human milk to be selected from the mothers who have delivered at full term (\>37 weeks of gestation). 2. 125 subjects will be selected who have delivered infants by Caesarean-section. 3. 125 subjects will be selected who have delivered infants by vaginal/normal deliveries. 4. Subjects will be selected based on sample availability. 5. Based on sample availability to balance by stage of lactation, geographical locations within China. 6. Subjects of Han ethnicity. 7. The collection of existing biological material and/or health-related personal data have been consented in the frame of the approved original study scope. We will propose to the participants to consent to this specific research. Exclusion Criteria: 1\) Incomplete information either for the subject or the sample collected.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Nutrition and Health
Beijing, China
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