Effect of Oral Daily Supplementation With 400 IU Vs 200 IU of Vitamin D in Term Healthy Neonates

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of daily oral supplementation with vitamin D on serum Vitamin D levels in term healthy newborns. It has been found in various studies that vitamin D is highly deficient in Indian mother infant diads. There is a need to supplement vitamin D from neonatal period to prevent various metabolic disturbances due to vitamin D deficiency in later life. This study aims to find the effectiveness and the optimum dose of routine vitamin D supplementation in healthy term newborns for fulfilling the normal requirements in Indian infants.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Lady Hardinge Medical College
• Treatments: Ergocalciferols; Vitamin D; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Gestation > 37 weeks

• Birth weight >2.5 kg

• Informed consent of one of the parents

• Place of residence<10km

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of gross congenital malformation

• Need of resuscitation at birth

• Need for admission to neonatal ICU

• Refusal of consent