Co-administration of Calcium and Multiple Micronutrient Supplements for Maternal and Newborn Hemoglobin and Iron Status

PHASE3RecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

3,200

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 25, 2025

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2026

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2026

Conditions
Anemia, Iron Deficiency
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Concurrent multiple micronutrient and calcium supplementation

Participants counseled to take United Nations International Multiple Micronutrient Antenatal Preparation (UNIMMAP) multiple micronutrient supplement providing 30 mg elemental iron and calcium supplement providing 500 mg elemental calcium as 1250 mg calcium carbonate together every morning from enrollment through the end of pregnancy

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Separate multiple micronutrient and calcium supplementation

Participants counseled to take United Nations International Multiple Micronutrient Antenatal Preparation (UNIMMAP) multiple micronutrient supplement (MMS) providing 30 mg elemental iron every morning and calcium supplement providing 500 mg elemental calcium as 1250 mg calcium carbonate every evening from enrollment through the end of pregnancy

Trial Locations (2)

Unknown

RECRUITING

Institut Africain de Santé Publique (African Institute of Public Health), Ouagadougou

RECRUITING

Aga Khan University, Karachi

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Institut Africain de Santé Publique (African Institute of Public Health)

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Aga Khan University

OTHER

collaborator

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

collaborator

Children's Investment Fund Foundation

OTHER

lead

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER