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Vitamin A Supplementation in Preterm Infants

NCT00063596 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2005-06-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Extremely low birth weight infants have decreased blood levels of Vitamin A. This Vitamin A deficiency may increase the risk of infections and chronic lung disease in these infants. This study will examine the effects of Vitamin A supplementation in premature babies born weighing less than 1500 grams (3.3 lbs).

Conditions

  • Infant, Premature

Interventions

DRUG

Vitamin A supplementation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Ballow, MD · State University of New York at Buffalo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
3 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-01-31
Completion
2004-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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