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Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency

NCT00494104 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 398

Last updated 2012-12-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Breastfed infants living in a northern location (41 degrees N) are at high risk of vitamin D deficiency during winter. This trial is designed to determine how much supplemental vitamin D breastfed infants need to receive in order to remain free of vitamin D deficiency

Conditions

  • Vitamin D Deficiency

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin D drops, 200 or 400 or 600 IU/day or 800 IU/day

Infants receive daily 0.5 ml of code labeled supplement

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Ekhard Ziegler, MD · University of Iowa

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Weeks
Max Age
5 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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