Lactoferrin Evidence-graded reference

Lactoferrin research

Registered trials with their status and outcomes, including the ones that reported nothing.

Written by Imogen Reddaway Published

Lactoferrin has been the subject of a large number of registered clinical trials across a wide range of conditions. Many are small. A meaningful proportion were registered, recruited, and never reported a result.

Trial records here come from the public registry rather than from press coverage. A registration is not a result: a trial can be registered and never recruit, and pages here say which happened.

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Sources

  1. Jones CW, Handler L, Crowell KE, Keil LG, Weaver MA, Platts-Mills TF. Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials: cross sectional analysis. BMJ 2013;347:f6104 — the proportion of registered trials that completed and never reported a result

This page reports published research. It is general information, not medical advice, and not a recommendation to take anything. Lactoferrin supplements are derived from cow's milk and are unsuitable for anyone with a milk protein allergy. Anyone who is pregnant, breastfeeding, treating an infant, or managing a diagnosed condition should speak to a clinician first.