Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation and Infant Survival

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

44,567

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2008

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2012

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2012

Conditions
Infant MortalityPreterm BirthLow Birth WeightNeonatal MortalityPerinatal Mortality
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Iron (27 mg) - folic acid (600 ug)

"Supplement serves as the Control (providing the current standard of care during pregnancy). Mothers instructed to take 1 tablet per day, from the 1st trimester through 12 weeks post-partum."

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Multiple micronutrient

"Containing 15 micronutrients all at an RDA including: vitamin A (770 ug retinol equivalents, vitamin D (5 ug), vitamin E (15 mg), folic acid (600 ug), thiamin (1.4 mg), riboflavin (1.4 mg), niacin (18 mg), vitamin B-12 (2.6 mg), vitamin B-6 (1.9 mg), vitamin C (85 mg), iron (27 mg), zinc (12 mg), iodine (220 ug), copper (1000 ug), selenium (60 ug).~Mothers instructed to take 1 tablet per day, from the 1st trimester through 12 weeks post-partum."

Trial Locations (2)

21205

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore

Unknown

JiVitA Project Office, Rangpur City

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

collaborator

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

FED

collaborator

Mahidol University

OTHER

collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

collaborator

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

INDUSTRY

collaborator

DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.

INDUSTRY

lead

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

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