Prevention of Myopia of Prematurity by Calcium Supplementation

PHASE1CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

99

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 28, 2002

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2004

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2008

Conditions
Myopia
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Calcium Supplementation

"Ca-gluconate powder (molar weight 430.4 g) will be measured with household measuring spoons and added to the feeding mixtures as follows:~Amount of feeding Actual Weight \< 1000 g Actual Weight \< 1000 g~25 ml ¼ tsp 1/8 tsp~50 ml ½ tsp ¼ tsp~100 ml 1 tsp ½ tsp~200 ml 2 tsp 1 tsp"

OTHER

Standard of Care

Infants are feed breast milk with fortifier or 24 cal/oz formula per standard of care

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

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