A Study of Vitamin D supplementation in breastfeeding young childre
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Infants on exclusive breast feeding and their mothers
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/09/002958
- Lead Sponsor
- Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University Lucknow
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
Term infants on exclusive breast feeding by day 7
Exclusion Criteria
1.Mothers with chronic liver disease,renal disease.or on treatment with anticonvulsant or antitubercular drugs.
2.Babies with major congenital malformation.
3.Babies on medication,anticonvulsants or antitubercular drugs.
4.Babies having perinatal asphyxia HIE II/III,or any other illness where the baby cannot achieve exclusive breast feeding by day 7 of life.
5.Infants with cholestasis,renal disease or skeletal dysplasia.
6.Residing outside Lucknow
7.Consent not obtained
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method plasma level of 25(OH)D in ng/ml in infantsTimepoint: At 3months and fifteen days of age
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Respiratory morbiditiesTimepoint: At 6 months of age;Serum calcium, phosphorus,alkaline phosphataseTimepoint: At 3months and fifteen days of age;Weight,length,head circumference, anterior fontanelleTimepoint: At 3months and fifteen days and 6 months of age