Estimating Average Vitamin A Requirements in Indonesian and American Women

NCT04123210 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2019-10-31

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Summary

Women of reproductive age had their vitamin A stores estimated by retinol isotope dilution and then were given vitamin A supplements near the US vitamin A RDA or placebo for 42(USA) or 60 (Indonesia) days, after which retinol isotope dilution was repeated and the change in vitamin A stores was determined in each group to estimate how much vitamin A is needed to maintain nutrient balance in these women.

Conditions

  • Vitamin A Deficiency

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin A supplement

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sherry A Tanumihardjo, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-17
Primary Completion
2009-05-05
Completion
2009-05-05

Countries

  • United States
  • Indonesia

Study Locations

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