Micronutrient Supplementation Before and During 1st Pregnancy to Improve Birth Outcomes (JiVitA-5)

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2021-05-29
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this cluster-randomized trial is to evaluate the efficacy of daily, multiple micronutrient (MM) supplement versus identical placebo use among nulligravid, recently married women, starting preconceptionally through the 1st trimester of pregnancy, in reducing low birth weight and other adverse pregnancy outcomes in rural Bangladesh.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Collaborator: JiVitA Project, Gaibandha, Bangladesh
• Treatments: Micronutrients; Trace Elements

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Resident of 566 rural sectors (clusters) in Gaibandha district

• Recently-married woman

• Nulligravid

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with a history of previous pregnancy

• Women who refuse consent for participation