Status:
COMPLETED
Vitamin A Supplementation in Newborns Study
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Collaborating Sponsors:
Aravind Centre for Women and Children, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Conditions:
Infant, Newborn
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-2 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This study was a randomized, community-based trial testing whether dosing newborn infants in the first few days after delivery with a large dose of vitamin A could reduce early infant morbidity, morta...
Detailed Description
I. Background A variety of studies over the past 15 years have demonstrated that clinical vitamin A deficiency is associated with increased mortality in pre-school aged children (1,2) and that supple...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All live born children
Exclusion
- Children who die prior to study staff visiting the home to enroll the child and deliver the assigned intervention.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 1998
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2001
Estimated Enrollment :
14035 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00114868
Start Date
June 1 1998
End Date
April 1 2001
Last Update
March 3 2017
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Aravind Center for Women and Children
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India