Metoclopramide to Aid Establishment of Breastfeeding:a Randomised Controlled Trial

Summary

Hypothesis: Early use of oral metoclopramide can hasten and improve the establishment of lactogenesis II in mothers after preterm and term deliveries. The study hopes to show that metoclopramide can be effective to establish and sustain Lactogenesis II for both preterm and term infants.

Timeline

Start

2006-01

Primary completion

2008-05

Completion

2009-05

Publications

• Results Cregan MD, De Mello TR, Kershaw D, McDougall K, Hartmann PE. Initiation of lactation in women after preterm delivery. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2002 Sep;81(9):870-7. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.810913.x.
• Foong SC, Tan ML, Foong WC, Marasco LA, Ho JJ, Ong JH. Oral galactagogues (natural therapies or drugs) for increasing breast milk production in mothers of non-hospitalised term infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 May 18;5(5):CD011505. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011505.pub2.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.