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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00394862
Date of registration: 31/10/2006
Primary sponsor: Emory University
Public title: Efficacy of Weekly Versus Daily Folic Acid Supplementation
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: January 2006
Target sample size: 460
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00394862
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:   Reynaldo Martorell, PHD, MPH
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Affiliation:  Emory University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- female

- aged 15-49

Exclusion Criteria:

- pregnant

- lactating less than 3 months

- severely anemic



Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: 49 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neural Tube Defects
Intervention(s)
Drug: multivitamin
Primary Outcome(s)
red blood cell folate
serum folate level
Secondary Outcome(s)
blood pressure
depression
ferritin
homocysteine
serum B12
serum zinc
Secondary ID(s)
205-2004
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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