Clinical Trial: Investigate the Breath Hydrogen Exhalation After a Test Meal Containing Isomaltulose or Sucrose in Infants

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional



Official Title: Placebo-controlled Randomized Trial to Investigate the Breath Hydrogen Exhalation After a Test Meal Containing Isomaltulose (Palatinose™) or Sucrose in Infants Aged 6-12 Months

Brief Summary:

The study shall investigate whether isomaltulose

  • is digested and absorbed to a comparable degree like other carbohydrates (CHO) used as ingredients for this age group (e.g. sucrose), by measuring the H2 exhalation in the postprandial period
  • does not mediate abdominal discomfort or diarrhoea and is therefore as well tolerated as other CHO (e.g. sucrose), by/in healthy infants aged 6 to 12 months.

It is hypothesized that isomaltulose, provided with a standard follow-on formula,

  1. will not significantly increase the mean basal breath H2-excretion rate (determined as the incremental area under the curve (iAUC) of H2-exhalation) over a 3 h postprandial period compared to a sucrose containing standard follow-on formula.
  2. will not lead to a significantly different gastrointestinal tolerance in the conse-quent 24 h after formula consumption compared to a sucrose containing standard follow-on formula in infants aged 6 to 12 months.