Long-term safety assessment in children who received hydrolyzed protein formulas with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG: a 5-year follow-up

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• 作者：DMF Scalabrin ; C Harris ; WH Johnston ; CL Berseth
• 关键词：LGG ; Probiotics ; Hydrolyzed formula ; Allergic manifestations ; Children
• 刊名：European Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：176
• 期：2
• 页码：217-224
• 全文大小：318KB
• 刊物主题：Pediatrics;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-1076
• 卷排序：176

文摘

Extensively hydrolyzed (EH) formula with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) was demonstrated to alleviate cow’s milk allergy (CMA) symptoms and promote faster acquisition of tolerance to cow’s milk protein. We previously demonstrated that partially hydrolyzed (PH) and EH formulas with LGG supported normal growth in healthy-term infants through 120 days of age. The objective of the current study was to evaluate growth, development, and specific adverse events through 5 years of age in participants from that cohort who continued receiving study formula. Infants who completed a double-blind, randomized growth and tolerance study were eligible to continue receiving the assigned study formula through 1 year of age (control: EH casein formula, EHF, or one of two investigational formulas: EH casein formula with LGG (EHF-LGG) or a PH formula with LGG (PHF-LGG)) and participate in follow-up through 5 years of age. Anthropometric measures, behavior development, and specific adverse events were recorded. No significant differences in achieved weight and height or behavioral development outcomes at 3 or 5 years of age were observed among study groups. Few statistically significant differences in the incidence of specific infection-related events through years 3 or 5 were observed among study groups, none of which were considered clinically relevant.