Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation and Birth Weight

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2001-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of providing supplements containing alternative combinations of micronutrients during pregnancy on birth weight and other infant and maternal health and nutritional outcomes in a rural area of Nepal.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Collaborators: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Johns Hopkins University; United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Treatments: Micronutrients; Trace Elements

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Married women of reproductive age identified as a new pregnancy using a urine test

Exclusion Criteria:

• Menopausal or sterilized woman or currently already pregnant or breastfeeding an infant <9 months of age