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Register: IRCT
Last refreshed on: 21 June 2021
Main ID:  IRCT201102135444N3
Date of registration: 2015-01-31
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Vice chancellor for research, Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Public title: Effect of supplementation in treatment of pregnancy complications
Scientific title: Effects of calcium and vitamin D co-supplementation on pre-elampsia parameters, metabolic status and biomarkers of oxidative stress in pregnant women at risk for pre-eclampsia
Date of first enrolment: 2014-09-06
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://en.irct.ir/trial/5844
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: Randomization and allocation will be concealed from the researchers and participants until the final analyses are completed. Another person at the Clinic who is not involved in the trial and not aware of random sequences will be allocated the numbered bottles of capsules to participants. Supplements and placebo are in the same packaging at the pharmaceutical company. Only the code is written on the packages. Patients and researcher do not know the type of drug and after analyzing the data, packet codes are decoded, Blinding description: Patients will be randomly assigned into two groups. A randomization list will be generated from 1 to 60 by a random number generator (https://stattrek.com/statistics/random-number-generator.aspx) and patients will be randomly assigned into each intervention group by their numbers.  
Phase:  3
Countries of recruitment
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Name: Dr Mansooreh Samimi   
Address:  Ghotbe Ravandi Boulevard, Kashan 8115187159 Kashan Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Telephone: +98 31 5544 7619
Email: dr_samimi.2007@yahoo.com
Affiliation:  Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Name: Dr Mansooreh Samimi   
Address:  Ghotbe Ravandi Boulevard, Kashan 8115187159 Kashan Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Telephone: +98 31 5544 7619
Email: dr_samimi.2007@yahoo.com
Affiliation:  Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Primigravida pregnant women
Aged 18–40 years old
At risk for pre-eclampsia
Lived approximately 20 km or less from the clinic and hospital

Exclusion criteria: Hypertension
Renal diseases
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
Abnormal foetal anomaly scan


Age minimum: 18 years
Age maximum: 40 years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pre-eclampsia.
Sequelae of complication of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Intervention(s)
Intervention 1: Intervention group: 50000 IU vitamin D pearl, each two weeks for 12 weeks + 1000 mg calcium tablet, daily for 12 weeks. Intervention 2: Control group: Vitamin D Placebo pearl, each two weeks for 12 weeks + Calcium Placebo tablet, daily for 12 weeks.
Primary Outcome(s)
Newborn's birth size. Timepoint: After delivery. Method of measurement: Scale and tape.
Low birth weight (LBW) (<2500 g). Timepoint: After delivery. Method of measurement: Scale.
Pre-eclampsia rate. Timepoint: After delivery. Method of measurement: Medical record.
Preterm delivery (<37 weeks). Timepoint: After delivery. Method of measurement: Medical record.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Blood pressures. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Manometer.
Fasting plasma glucose. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Enzymatic.
HDL-cholesterol. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Enzymatic.
Cholesterol. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Enzymatic.
Nitric oxide. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Spectrophotometry.
Total antioxidant capacity. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Spectrophotometry.
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Eliza.
Insulin. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Eliza.
Triglyceride. Timepoint: Baseline and End-of-trial. Method of measurement: Enzymatic.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Vice chancellor for research, Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 31/03/2014
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