Efficacy of a Ready-to-Feed Starter Liquid Infant Formula Containing 2-Fucosyllactose and Lacto-N-Neotetraose in Chinese Infants: Protocol for a Double Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

Ying Wang   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD ;   Caroline Ivanne Le Roy   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Jing Li   ³ , MD ;   Shuping Han   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Zhiwei Liu   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Anirban Lahiry   ² , PhD ;   Himanshu Sahu   ² , MSc ;   Qiaoji Li   ⁶ , MD ;   Jie Dong   ⁷ , PhD ;   Alric Mondragon   ² , MD ;   Tinu Mary Samuel   ⁸ , PhD ;   Wei Cai   ⁹ , MD

¹ Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

² Clinical Research Unit, Société des Produits Nestlé SA, 1000 Lausanne, Switzerland

³ Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

⁴ Women's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Women and Children’s Healthcare Hospital, Nanjing, China

⁵ The International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital of China Welfare Institute, Shanghai, China

⁶ Clinical Research Unit, Nestlé Research, Beijing, China

⁷ Wyeth Nutrition, Shanghai, China

⁸ Nestlé Product Technology Center-Nutrition, Société des Produits Nestlé SA, Vevey, Switzerland

⁹ Shanghai Institute for Pediatric Research, Shanghai, China

*these authors contributed equally