Skip to main content
. 2019 Oct 3;2019(10):CD013446. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013446

Hantoshzadeh 2017.

Trial name or title Comparison of 2 therapeutic regimens vitamin D3 deficiency in the first trimester of pregnancy on the level of vitamin D3 in the second trimester of pregnancy
Methods Single‐blinded randomised controlled trial
Participants Pregnant women with:
‐ Single pregnancy
‐ Serum vitamin D level is less than 30 ng/mL
‐ Gestational age < 14 weeks
‐ Age 18‐42 years
‐ Not chronic disease, impaired absorption and metabolism of food
‐ Not receiving any supplement except multivitamins to 400 units vitamin D3, folic acid, iron · and calcium with 400 units vitamin D3
Interventions 50,000 units of vitamin D3 once a week. *
Control group: 1000 unit per day. *
*Both groups received these doses from week 14 of pregnancy to 10 weeks.
Outcomes Maternal
Secondary
  • 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) (Time point not clearly described: “before and after treatment.”)

Starting date 20 July 2016
Contact information Dr. Sedigheh Hantoshzadeh
farahnaz.rostami@modares.ac.ir
Notes Funding: Tarbiat Modares of Medical Science
Declarations of interest among primary researchers: NA
City/country: Tehran, Iran