NCT02219399

DHA Supplementation and Pregnancy Outcome

Maternal DHA Supplementation and Pregnancy Outcome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 871 (actual)
• Sponsor: Colorado State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Supplementation with DHA during pregnancy will increase gestational length and improve cognitive development.

Detailed description

This was a trial of supplementation with DHA during pregnancy to increase gestational length. Subjects were provided with 300 mg, 600 mg or placebo (olive oil) in a randomized design from week 24-26 of pregnancy until delivery. Gestational age, birth weight and birth length data were collected and infants growth at 2 and 4 months and cognitive development at 4 months and 1 year were measured.

Conditions

• Pregnancy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	600 mg DHA	Pregnant women were given 600 mg DHA in the last trimester of pregnancy
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	300 mg DHA	Pregnant women were given 300 mg DHA in the last trimester of pregnancy and through the first 3 months of breastfeeding
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	Pregnant women in the control group received placebo of either olive oil or high oleic acid sunflower oil during the study period

Timeline

• Start date: 2001-01-01
• Primary completion: 2004-01-01
• Completion: 2014-01-01
• First posted: 2014-08-18
• Last updated: 2014-08-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States