Healthy Infant Development Project

Summary

The Healthy Infant Development Project will determine if providing micronutrient supplements to mothers during pregnancy and infants in the first 9 months fosters healthy behavior and development in babies.

Conditions

• Iron Deficiency Anemia
• Iron Deficiency

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

folic acid + iron prenatally, vits A & D + iron postnatally

Prenatally: pills by mouth, one per day, from the first prenatal visit until delivery, 400 mcg folic acid, 30 mg Fe. Postnatally: liquid by mouth, once per day, from 6 weeks old until 9 months old, 1 mg/kg/day Fe, 1500 IU vitamin A, 500 IU vitamin D.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

folic acid + iron prenatally, vitamins A & D postnatally

Prenatally: pills by mouth, one per day, from the first prenatal visit until delivery, 400 mcg folic acid, 30 mg Fe. Postnatally: liquid by mouth, once per day, from 6 weeks old until 9 months old, 1500 IU vitamin A, 500 IU vitamin D.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

folic acid prenatally, vitamins A & D + iron postnatally

Prenatally: pills by mouth, one per day, from the first prenatal visit until delivery, 400 mcg folic acid. Postnatally: liquid by mouth, once per day, from 6 weeks old until 9 months old, 1 mg/kg/day Fe, 1500 IU vitamin A, 500 IU vitamin D.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

folic acid prenatally, vitamins A & D postnatally

Prenatally: pills by mouth, one per day, from the first prenatal visit until delivery, 400 mcg folic acid. Postnatally: liquid by mouth, once per day, from 6 weeks old until 9 months old, 1500 IU vitamin A, 500 IU vitamin D.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  collaborator FED

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

  lead NIH

Principal Investigators

• Betsy Lozoff, MD · University of Michigan

• Li Ming, MD · Peking University First Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

1 Day

Max Age

5 Days

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-11-30

Primary Completion

2014-06-30

Completion

2014-06-30

Countries

• China

Study Locations