Antenatal Vitamin D3 Dose-finding and Safety Study

NCT00938600 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 75

Last updated 2012-08-17

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Summary

This is a preliminary study of oral vitamin D3 supplementation in pregnant and non-pregnant women of reproductive age in Bangladesh. The primary objective of the study is to identify a dose of vitamin D3 that can safely be administered during pregnancy to improve the vitamin D status of the mother and infant.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy
  • Nutritional Status
  • Vitamin D

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 oral liquid 70,000 IU once

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 oral liquid 70,000 IU as loading dose, then 35,000 IU weekly thereafter for 10 weeks (non-pregnant) or until delivery (pregnant)

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin D3

Vitamin D3 14,000 IU per week by mouth, starting at 27-30 weeks gestation and continued until delivery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Abdullah Baqui, MBBS · The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  • Rubhana Raqib, PhD · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

  • Shams El Arifeen, MBBS · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

  • Daniel E Roth, MD · The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
34 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • Bangladesh

Study Locations

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