Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
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Eligibility Criteria
- * Gestational age of minimum 37 weeks.
- * Birthweight of minimum 2500 g (5.5 lb.).
- * Age of greater than 3 weeks and less than 12 weeks at enrolment.
- * Confirmed Infantile colic defined as: parental report of crying and/or fussing ≥3 hours/day for ≥3 days/week, confirmed prior to enrolment with an infant behaviour diary recording \>3 hours of crying in a 24-hour period (eDiary App completed daily during run-in period \& for duration of study).
- * Participant Informed Consent form signed by parent or legal guardian.
- * Infant is considered healthy following physical exam.
- * Parents/Caregivers are willing to comply with the trial procedures, and the mother of the infant can attend all three trial visits
- * Use of antibiotics by the infant within 2-weeks prior to the screening visit or during the run-in period of the trial.
- * Use of probiotic supplements from child's birth to enrolment (this includes infant formulas containing probiotics).
- * Need for hospitalization (defined as readmission to a hospital ward after initial discharge following delivery).
- * Congenital disorders that, in the opinion of the investigator, would impact the gastrointestinal tract.
- * Failure to thrive.
- * Known lactose or gluten intolerance.
- * Known allergy to cow's milk proteins, fish, or any of the substances of the trial product or placebo.
- * Known other causes for abdominal pain (e.g., pyloric stenosis).
- * Participation in any other interventional clinical study.
- * Immuno-compromised participant or participant with other severe chronic disorder.
- * Use of probiotic supplements by breastfeeding mother from child's birth to enrolment.
- * Use of antibiotics by breastfeeding mother within 2-weeks prior to the screening visit or during the run-in period of the trial.
- * Any Participant/Parent/Caregiver who is an employee of the investigational site or an Atlantia Clinical Trials employee or their close family member or a member of their household.
Ages Eligible for Study
3 Weeks to 12 Weeks
Sexes Eligible for Study
ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No