Stopping Postpartum Vitamin A Supplementation: Missing Concealed Benefit

PHASE2/PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

160

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2016

Conditions
Vitamin A Deficiency
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin A (<3-day postpartum)

Single dose 200,000 IU vitamin A supplementation at \<3-day and placebo supplementation at 6-wk postpartum.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin A (6 wk postpartum)

Placebo supplementation at \<3-day and single dose 200,000 IU vitamin A supplementation at 6-wk postpartum.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin A (<3-day and 6 wk postpartum)

200,000 IU vitamin A supplementation, both at \<3-day and 6-wk postpartum

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Placebo supplementation, both at \<3-day and 6-wk postpartum.

Trial Locations (1)

1212

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Peter Bergman, MD, PhD

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Karolinska University Hospital

OTHER

lead

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

OTHER

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