DHA Supplementation and Pregnancy Outcome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if increasing DHA intake during pregnancy can increase gestation duration and enhance infant and childhood outcomes related to visual acuity, stereoacuity, attention, and distractibility.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Susan Carlson, PhD
• Collaborator: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant 8-20 wks at enrollment

• single fetus

• BMI <40

Exclusion Criteria:

• diabetes (Type I, ii, GDM)

• hypertension (primary, PIH, preeclampsia/eclampsia)