Low Dose Calcium to Prevent Preeclampsia

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,040

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2014

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2018

Study Completion Date

October 31, 2018

Conditions
Pre-EclampsiaHypertension, Pregnancy-InducedDietary Calcium Deficiency
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

calcium

one chewable tablet daily, at bedtime, containing 500 mg elemental calcium (1250 mg calcium carbonate)

BEHAVIORAL

Educational sessions

Women will participate in at least 2 interactive group educational sessions lasting 30 minutes each. Session content: importance of calcium during pregnancy and how to modify their diets to include calcium-rich foods that are available locally

Trial Locations (1)

69077000

Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

PPSUS (Programa Pesquisa para o SUS: gestão compartilhada em saúde)

UNKNOWN

collaborator

FAPEAM (Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas)

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Universidade Federal do Amazonas

OTHER

lead

Federal University of São Paulo

OTHER

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