Status:

UNKNOWN

Folic Acid Dosage and Malformations Reduction

Lead Sponsor:

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona

Collaborating Sponsors:

International Centre of Birth Defects

Conditions:

Congenital Malformations

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-44 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

In 1991 the Medical Research Council Vitamin Study Group and in 1992 the Hungarian randomised clinical trial have shown conclusively that the risk of neural tube defects can be reduced substantially b...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • age between 18 and 44 years
  • women who intend to become pregnant (not excluded women

Exclusion

  • pregnant women
  • women planning to move to an area where the study is not ongoing
  • women who do not understand and speak Italian
  • women who do not have a phone
  • women affected by epilepsy, even not assuming anticonvulsivant drugs
  • women affected by diabetes
  • women who previously had a tumour or a disease relevant for the study (Crohn disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis)
  • women who recently assumed antifolates, like methotrexate
  • women who currently abuse or previously abused alcohol
  • obese women
  • vegetarian women
  • women who had a previous pregnancy with neural tube defect (NTD) or any other congenital structural defect
  • women or partners with NTD, or one of their relatives with an NTD
  • women with positive family history for breast or colorectal cancer
  • women with positive family or personal history of hereditary syndrome like adenomatous polyposis, or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer
  • women allergic to folic acid
  • women presenting contraindications to folic acid
  • women affected by megaloblastic anaemia
  • assuming folic acid at defined doses for conditions other than those already mentioned

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

5000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01244347

Start Date

July 1 2009

End Date

September 1 2016

Last Update

January 14 2015

Active Locations (34)

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Ospedale di Adria

Adria, Rovigo, Italy, 45011

2

Ospedale San Luca

Trecenta, Rovigo, Italy, 45027

3

Ospedale di Conegliano

Conegliano, Treviso, Italy, 31015

4

Family Health Centre

Montebelluna, Treviso, Italy, 31044