Maternal Vitamin D Status and Neonatal Bone Strength

• Conditions: Maternal Vitamin D Status; Neonatal Bone Quantitative Ultrasound Measurements

• Registration Number: NCT01630603
• Lead Sponsor: Meir Medical Center

Brief Summary

Objectives:

1. To determine the incidence of vitamin D deficiency among Israeli pregnant women

2. To access whether maternal vitamin D status affects infant bone strength.

Methods:

1. Vitamin D levels -in cord blood and maternal blood

2. The mother will fill a demographic and nutritional questionnaire

The Infants:

3. Growth assessment of the infants: weight length and head circumference

4. Bone strength measurement by Quantitative Ultrasound (Sunlight Omnisense 7000/8000TM)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2012-06
• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-06-27
• Study First Posted: 2012-06-28
• Study Start: 2012-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-02-11
• Last Update Posted: 2013-02-12
• Primary Completion: 2014-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• mother-baby pairs,
• birth week 35-42.
• Jewish and Arab women that read and understand Hebrew.

Exclusion Criteria

• large neonatal congenital defects.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Bone speed of sound and maternal vitamin D levels	first tow days of life

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Meir Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Kfar-Saba, Israel

Neonatal department Meir Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Kfar Saba, Israel