Serum Folic Acid Levels in Preterm Infants

Completed

• Conditions: Very Low Birth Weight Baby

• Registration Number: NCT01360528
• Lead Sponsor: Mehmet Yekta

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

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.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2011-02
• Study Start: 2011-02
• Primary Completion: 2011-05
• Study First Submitted: 2011-05-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-05-24
• Study First Posted: 2011-05-25
• Study Completion: 2011-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 2012-02-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

-All preterm infants

Exclusion Criteria

-Major congenital anomaly

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Neonatology Unit; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey