NCT02043223

Stopping Postpartum Vitamin A Supplementation: Missing Concealed Benefit

Stopping Postpartum Vitamin A Supplementation: Are we Missing Concealed Benefit?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (actual)
• Sponsor: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 32 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of post-partum maternal vitamin A supplementation on breast milk bioactive compounds and immune status, growth and morbidity of children in the first four months of life.

Detailed description

The effect will be assessed by the milk and blood.

Conditions

• Vitamin A Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Vitamin A (<3-day postpartum)	Single dose 200,000 IU vitamin A supplementation at \<3-day and placebo supplementation at 6-wk postpartum.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Vitamin A (6 wk postpartum)	Placebo supplementation at \<3-day and single dose 200,000 IU vitamin A supplementation at 6-wk postpartum.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Vitamin A (<3-day and 6 wk postpartum)	200,000 IU vitamin A supplementation, both at \<3-day and 6-wk postpartum
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Placebo supplementation, both at \<3-day and 6-wk postpartum.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-07-01
• First posted: 2014-01-23
• Last updated: 2016-09-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Bangladesh