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Last refreshed on: 27 March 2023
Main ID:  NCT02434380
Date of registration: 27/04/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: American University of Beirut Medical Center
Public title: Effect of Vitamin D Replacement on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
Scientific title: Effect of Vitamin D Replacement on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Pregnant Women With Hypovitaminosis D
Date of first enrolment: July 2015
Target sample size: 330
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02434380
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Lebanon
Contacts
Name:     Ghada El Hajj Fuleihan, Professor of Medicine
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Affiliation:  American University of Beirut Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant women gestational age (GA)< 14 weeks at screening visit. Middle Eastern woman
(Middle East countries defined by WHO: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, , United Arab Emirates, Yemen)

- 25(OH)D level between 10ng/ml and 30ng/ml

- Age > 18 years

- Vitamin D supplementation = 200 IU daily (If daily vitamin D supplementation > 200 IU
daily, at enrollment, the pregnant women will be advised to adjust prenatal
multivitamin doses in such a way that total vitamin D supplementation per week doesn't
exceed 1400 IU per week, in consultation with primary Obstetric and Gynecology
(OB-GYN) physician.)

Exclusion Criteria:

- 25(OH)D level < 10 ng/ml or > 30 ng/ml.

- Known metabolic bone disease

- Current medications likely to interfere with vitamin D metabolism (enzyme inducing
anticonvulsants, anti -TB)

- Vitamin D supplementation > 600 IU daily

- Pregnant women with twins



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pregnancy Complications
Hypovitaminosis D
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Euro D
Primary Outcome(s)
Infant bone mineral content (BMC) [Time Frame: one to six weeks]
The proportions of women who will reach the IOM defined desirable 25(OH)D level =20ng/ml. [Time Frame: At delivery]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Maternal Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Level [Time Frame: At delivery]
Maternal 25(OH)D level [Time Frame: At delivery]
Neonatal Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Level [Time Frame: At birth]
Neonatal Knee to heel length at birth [Time Frame: At birth]
Mean infant fat mass [Time Frame: At one month of age]
Neonatal 25(OH)D level, at delivery [Time Frame: At birth]
Mean change in maternal urine calcium [Time Frame: Change between baseline and 3 months following intervention]
Secondary ID(s)
AUBMC-IM-GE-HF-22
AUBMC-GE-HF-2
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Bahman Hospital Beirut Lebanon
University of Southampton
Ethics review
Results
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