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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 November 2012
Main ID:  NCT01583972
Date of registration: 14/04/2012
Primary sponsor: USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Public title: Efficacy of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation in Improving Immune Function
Scientific title: Efficacy of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation in Improving Immune Function
Date of first enrolment: January 2012
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01583972
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:   Shaikh M. Ahmad, Ph.D.
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Telephone:
Email: smeahmad@icddrb.org
Affiliation: 
Name:   Charles B. Stephensen, Ph.D.
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  USDA, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Infant receiving OPV and BCG within 48 hr of birth

Exclusion Criteria:

- Mother is less than 18 years of age

- Infant is part of a multiple birth

- Infant will likely not remain in the study area for the next 4 months

- Infant has a condition precluding vaccination

- Infant is unable to breastfeed or drink other fluids

- Birth weight is less than 1.5 kg



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 48 Hours
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Vitamin A Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Placebo
Dietary Supplement: retinyl palmitate
Primary Outcome(s)
Antibody response to oral polio virus (OPV) immunization [Time Frame: through 15 wk of age]
bacterial translocation to blood [Time Frame: through 15 wk of age]
peripheral blood naive T-helper lymphocyte concentration [Time Frame: through 15 wk of age]
T-cell and antibody response to tetanus toxoid (TT) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccinations given at 6, 10 and 14 wk of age [Time Frame: through 15 wk of age]
T-cell receptor excision circle (TREC) level in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) [Time Frame: through 15 wk of age]
T-cell response to BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; to protect against tuberculosis) and oral polio virus (OPV) immunization [Time Frame: through 15 wk of age]
Thymus size measured by ultrasound [Time Frame: through 15 wk of age]
Secondary Outcome(s)
bulging fontanelle [Time Frame: 48 h after vitamin A dosing]
vitamin A status by modified, relative dose-response (MRDR) test [Time Frame: through 15 wk of age]
Secondary ID(s)
N3-TSA-003
PR-10012
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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