Impact of Maternal Vitamin A or Beta-Carotene Supplementation on Maternal and Infant Mortality in Bangladesh

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

59,666

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2001

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2007

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2008

Conditions
Vitamin A DeficiencyMaternal MortalityInfant Mortality
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin A or Beta-Carotene Supplements

weekly dosage of either 7000 µg retinol equivalents as preformed vitamin A or 42 mg of beta-carotene from 1st trimester of pregnancy through 12 weeks after termination of pregnancy

Trial Locations (3)

5400

JiVitA Project Office, Rangpur City

21205

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore

Unknown

JiVitA Bangladesh Project, Rangpur

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

FED

collaborator

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

collaborator

Canadian International Development Agency

OTHER_GOV

collaborator

The Sight and Life Research Institute

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Access Business Group

INDUSTRY

lead

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

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