Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation and Infant Survival
NCT ID: NCT00860470
Last Updated: 2022-10-19
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COMPLETED
PHASE3
44567 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2008-01-31
2012-09-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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1
Iron (27 mg) and folic acid (600 ug)
Iron (27 mg) - folic acid (600 ug)
Supplement serves as the "Control" (providing the current standard of care during pregnancy). Mothers instructed to take 1 tablet per day, from the 1st trimester through 12 weeks post-partum.
2
Multiple micronutrient
Multiple micronutrient
Containing 15 micronutrients all at an RDA including: vitamin A (770 ug retinol equivalents, vitamin D (5 ug), vitamin E (15 mg), folic acid (600 ug), thiamin (1.4 mg), riboflavin (1.4 mg), niacin (18 mg), vitamin B-12 (2.6 mg), vitamin B-6 (1.9 mg), vitamin C (85 mg), iron (27 mg), zinc (12 mg), iodine (220 ug), copper (1000 ug), selenium (60 ug).
Mothers instructed to take 1 tablet per day, from the 1st trimester through 12 weeks post-partum.
Interventions
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Iron (27 mg) - folic acid (600 ug)
Supplement serves as the "Control" (providing the current standard of care during pregnancy). Mothers instructed to take 1 tablet per day, from the 1st trimester through 12 weeks post-partum.
Multiple micronutrient
Containing 15 micronutrients all at an RDA including: vitamin A (770 ug retinol equivalents, vitamin D (5 ug), vitamin E (15 mg), folic acid (600 ug), thiamin (1.4 mg), riboflavin (1.4 mg), niacin (18 mg), vitamin B-12 (2.6 mg), vitamin B-6 (1.9 mg), vitamin C (85 mg), iron (27 mg), zinc (12 mg), iodine (220 ug), copper (1000 ug), selenium (60 ug).
Mothers instructed to take 1 tablet per day, from the 1st trimester through 12 weeks post-partum.
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
12 Years
45 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
OTHER
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
FED
Mahidol University
OTHER
Johns Hopkins University
OTHER
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
INDUSTRY
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
INDUSTRY
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Keith P West, Jr.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Parul Christian
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Locations
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Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
JiVitA Project Office
Rangpur City, Gaibandha District, Bangladesh
Countries
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References
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Christian P, Khatry SK, Katz J, Pradhan EK, LeClerq SC, Shrestha SR, Adhikari RK, Sommer A, West KP Jr. Effects of alternative maternal micronutrient supplements on low birth weight in rural Nepal: double blind randomised community trial. BMJ. 2003 Mar 15;326(7389):571. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7389.571.
Christian P. Micronutrients and reproductive health issues: an international perspective. J Nutr. 2003 Jun;133(6):1969S-1973S. doi: 10.1093/jn/133.6.1969S.
Christian P, Shrestha J, LeClerq SC, Khatry SK, Jiang T, Wagner T, Katz J, West KP Jr. Supplementation with micronutrients in addition to iron and folic acid does not further improve the hematologic status of pregnant women in rural Nepal. J Nutr. 2003 Nov;133(11):3492-8. doi: 10.1093/jn/133.11.3492.
Christian P, West KP, Khatry SK, Leclerq SC, Pradhan EK, Katz J, Shrestha SR, Sommer A. Effects of maternal micronutrient supplementation on fetal loss and infant mortality: a cluster-randomized trial in Nepal. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Dec;78(6):1194-202. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/78.6.1194.
Katz J, West KP Jr, Khatry SK, Christian P, LeClerq SC, Pradhan EK, Shrestha SR. Risk factors for early infant mortality in Sarlahi district, Nepal. Bull World Health Organ. 2003;81(10):717-25. Epub 2003 Nov 25.
Jiang T, Christian P, Khatry SK, Wu L, West KP Jr. Micronutrient deficiencies in early pregnancy are common, concurrent, and vary by season among rural Nepali pregnant women. J Nutr. 2005 May;135(5):1106-12. doi: 10.1093/jn/135.5.1106.
Christian P, Osrin D, Manandhar DS, Khatry SK, de L Costello AM, West KP Jr. Antenatal micronutrient supplements in Nepal. Lancet. 2005 Aug 27-Sep 2;366(9487):711-2. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67166-8. No abstract available.
Christian P, Jiang T, Khatry SK, LeClerq SC, Shrestha SR, West KP Jr. Antenatal supplementation with micronutrients and biochemical indicators of status and subclinical infection in rural Nepal. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Apr;83(4):788-94. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/83.4.788.
Katz J, Christian P, Dominici F, Zeger SL. Treatment effects of maternal micronutrient supplementation vary by percentiles of the birth weight distribution in rural Nepal. J Nutr. 2006 May;136(5):1389-94. doi: 10.1093/jn/136.5.1389.
West KP Jr, Christian P. Antenatal micronutrients in undernourished people. Lancet. 2008 Feb 9;371(9611):452-4. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60214-7. No abstract available.
Christian P, Darmstadt GL, Wu L, Khatry SK, Leclerq SC, Katz J, West KP Jr, Adhikari RK. The effect of maternal micronutrient supplementation on early neonatal morbidity in rural Nepal: a randomised, controlled, community trial. Arch Dis Child. 2008 Aug;93(8):660-4. doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.114009.
Shankar AH, Genton B, Baisor M, Paino J, Tamja S, Adiguma T, Wu L, Rare L, Bannon D, Tielsch JM, West KP Jr, Alpers MP. The influence of zinc supplementation on morbidity due to Plasmodium falciparum: a randomized trial in preschool children in Papua New Guinea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2000 Jun;62(6):663-9. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.663.
de Boer M, Thorne-Lyman AL, Shamim AA, Wu LS, Shaikh S, Ali H, West KP, Christian P. Dietary diversity as a modifier of the effect of supplementation with multiple micronutrients during pregnancy on low birth weight in a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Sep;122(3):762-769. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.07.007. Epub 2025 Jul 12.
Finkelstein JL, Cuthbert A, Weeks J, Venkatramanan S, Larvie DY, De-Regil LM, Garcia-Casal MN. Daily oral iron supplementation during pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Aug 15;8(8):CD004736. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004736.pub6.
Smith JW, Matchado AJ, Wu LS, Arnold CD, Burke SM, Maleta KM, Ashorn P, Stewart CP, Shaikh S, Ali H, Labrique AB, West KP Jr, Christian P, Dewey KG, Groopman JD, Schulze KJ. Longitudinal Assessment of Prenatal, Perinatal, and Early-Life Aflatoxin B1 Exposure in 828 Mother-Child Dyads from Bangladesh and Malawi. Curr Dev Nutr. 2022 Jan 7;6(2):nzab153. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab153. eCollection 2022 Feb.
Schulze KJ, Gernand AD, Khan AZ, Wu LS, Mehra S, Shaikh S, Ali H, Shamim AA, Sungpuag P, Udomkesmalee E, Labrique AB, West KP, Christian P. Newborn micronutrient status biomarkers in a cluster-randomized trial of antenatal multiple micronutrient compared with iron folic acid supplementation in rural Bangladesh. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 Nov 11;112(5):1328-1337. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa223.
Schulze KJ, Mehra S, Shaikh S, Ali H, Shamim AA, Wu LS, Mitra M, Arguello MA, Kmush B, Sungpuag P, Udomkesmelee E, Merrill R, Klemm RDW, Ullah B, Labrique AB, West KP, Christian P. Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Compared to Iron-Folic Acid Affects Micronutrient Status but Does Not Eliminate Deficiencies in a Randomized Controlled Trial Among Pregnant Women of Rural Bangladesh. J Nutr. 2019 Jul 1;149(7):1260-1270. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxz046.
Gernand AD, Paul RR, Ullah B, Taher MA, Witter FR, Wu L, Labrique AB, West KP Jr, Christian P. A home calendar and recall method of last menstrual period for estimating gestational age in rural Bangladesh: a validation study. J Health Popul Nutr. 2016 Oct 21;35(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s41043-016-0072-y.
Christian P, Kim J, Mehra S, Shaikh S, Ali H, Shamim AA, Wu L, Klemm R, Labrique AB, West KP Jr. Effects of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation on growth and cognition through 2 y of age in rural Bangladesh: the JiVitA-3 Trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Oct;104(4):1175-1182. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.116.135178. Epub 2016 Sep 7.
Gernand AD, Schulze KJ, Nanayakkara-Bind A, Arguello M, Shamim AA, Ali H, Wu L, West KP Jr, Christian P. Effects of Prenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation on Fetal Growth Factors: A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial in Rural Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 2;10(10):e0137269. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137269. eCollection 2015.
Heaney CD, Kmush B, Navas-Acien A, Francesconi K, Gossler W, Schulze K, Fairweather D, Mehra S, Nelson KE, Klein SL, Li W, Ali H, Shaikh S, Merrill RD, Wu L, West KP Jr, Christian P, Labrique AB. Arsenic exposure and hepatitis E virus infection during pregnancy. Environ Res. 2015 Oct;142:273-80. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.07.004. Epub 2015 Jul 15.
Sikder SS, Labrique AB, Craig IM, Wakil MA, Shamim AA, Ali H, Mehra S, Wu L, Shaikh S, West KP Jr, Christian P. Patterns and determinants of care seeking for obstetric complications in rural northwest Bangladesh: analysis from a prospective cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 Apr 18;15:166. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0832-1.
West KP Jr, Shamim AA, Mehra S, Labrique AB, Ali H, Shaikh S, Klemm RD, Wu LS, Mitra M, Haque R, Hanif AA, Massie AB, Merrill RD, Schulze KJ, Christian P. Effect of maternal multiple micronutrient vs iron-folic acid supplementation on infant mortality and adverse birth outcomes in rural Bangladesh: the JiVitA-3 randomized trial. JAMA. 2014 Dec 24-31;312(24):2649-58. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.16819.
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Other Identifiers
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JHU_IRB 570
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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