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Maternal Carotenoids Across Pregnancy Study

NCT06004479 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2024-12-27

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Summary

Before infants are born, they depend on their mother to provide the nutrients necessary to grow and develop, such as iron, folic acid, iodine and other vitamins and minerals. Pregnant people also rely on good nutrition to support their own health. In addition to essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals, there are other natural components found in fruits and vegetables, called phytochemicals, that may support maternal and fetal health during pregnancy.

While more is known about the role of phytochemicals in adult health, surprisingly little is known about phytochemical nutrition during pregnancy. This study focuses on a group of phytochemicals, called carotenoids, during pregnancy.

The study will determine if and why levels of carotenoids in the body change across the course of pregnancy. Understanding carotenoid nutrition during pregnancy will improve the understanding ofnutrition needs of expectant mothers and their infants. To study these questions, both health pregnant and non-pregnant female adults will report on their dietary intake and participate in body measurements, health surveys, and carotenoid measurements of eyes, skin, and blood at time points corresponding with the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy as well as post-partum.

Conditions

  • Healthy Nutrition
  • Pregnancy Related

Interventions

OTHER

Carotenoid Intake

Carotenoid intake assess by 24 hour dietary recalls

OTHER

Serum carotenoid concentration

Serum total carotenoid concentration

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

    collaborator FED

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-09-14
Primary Completion
2024-12-12
Completion
2024-12-12

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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