Serum Folic Acid Levels in Preterm Infants

NCT ID: NCT01360528

Last Updated: 2012-02-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-02-28

Study Completion Date

2011-10-31

Brief Summary

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Therefore preterm infants must need folic acid replacement than term babies.

Detailed Description

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All babies need to different vitamin supplementation. Especially preterm infants need some vitamin supplements. Folic acid is very important structure of part of cell growing.ın theorically; preterm infants have very rapid cell reproduction capacity than term infants. Therefore preterm infants must need folic acid replacement than term babies. The investigators want to determine preterm infants folic acid levels due to gestational age whether needs folic acid replacement.

Conditions

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Very Low Birth Weight Baby

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Extremely low birth weight

Extremely low birth weight under 1000 gram

No interventions assigned to this group

Very low birth weight

Between 1000-1500 gram babies

No interventions assigned to this group

Low birth weight

Between 1500-2500 gram

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

-All preterm infants

Exclusion Criteria

-Major congenital anomaly
Minimum Eligible Age

24 Weeks

Maximum Eligible Age

34 Weeks

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mehmet Yekta

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mehmet Yekta

Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity and Teaching Hospital

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Neonatology Unit

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Oncel MY, Calisici E, Ozdemir R, Yurttutan S, Erdeve O, Karahan S, Dilmen U. Is folic acid supplementation really necessary in preterm infants </= 32 weeks of gestation? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2014 Feb;58(2):188-92. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000181.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24051483 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ztb5326315185

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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