NCT01583972View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Efficacy of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation in Improving Immune Function

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

300

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2012

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2014

Conditions
Vitamin A Deficiency
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

retinyl palmitate

50,000 IU vitamin A in oil given within 48 h of birth from single-dose capsule

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

edible oil used as diluent for vitamin A given within 48 h of birth from single-dose capsule identical in appearance to vitamin A capsule

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

OTHER

collaborator

World Health Organization

OTHER

lead

USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center

FED

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