Status:

COMPLETED

Establishing the Vitamin D Requirements During Lactation

Lead Sponsor:

Medical University of South Carolina

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

Vitamin D Deficiency

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-45 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and safety of maternal and infant vitamin D supplementation as a function of ethnicity and latitude in the prevention of vitamin D deficienc...

Detailed Description

Mothers from two study sites at different latitudes will be randomized to receive 1 of 3 treatment regimes of vitD3. Mothers, lactating or nonlactating controls will be randomized to either Group A: s...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Mother plans to breastfeed exclusively for at least six months
  • Mother is in good health
  • Infant is 35 weeks' gestation or greater
  • Breastfeeding infant is in good health ( Level I nursery; or Level II nursery but not requiring oxygen therapy or parenteral nutrition beyond first 72 hours).

Exclusion

  • Mother does not plan to breastfeed exclusively for the first six months (plans to use formula for infant's feedings during the first six months
  • Infant has been admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care unit requiring oxygen therapy or parental nutrition beyond the first 72 hours
  • Infant is less than 35 weeks' gestation
  • Infant has been diagnosed with a congenital anomaly or abnormal chromosomal pattern
  • Mother has a history of endocrine dysfunction involving parathyroid gland, diabetes, or calcium abnormalities related to renal disease such that calcium parameters are abnormal
  • Mother has history of hypercalciuria

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

460 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00412074

Start Date

August 1 2006

End Date

October 1 2012

Last Update

June 4 2018

Active Locations (2)

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University of Rochester Medical Center

Rochester, New York, United States, 14642

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425