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. 2019 Oct 3;2019(10):CD013446. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013446

Mosalanejad 2016.

Trial name or title Compare the effect of vitamin D and calcium plus vitamin D on pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women
Methods Randomised single‐blind controlled clinical trial
Participants Pregnant women (from 20 years old to 40 years old). Gestational age of less than 10 weeks; with no history of diabetes; hypertension; a history of polycystic ovary syndrome; lack of family history of diabetes in first‐degree relatives; no family history of high blood pressure in first‐degree relatives; BMI between 19‐26; lack of vitamin D during the last 6 months; singleton pregnancy.
Interventions Intervention group: vitamin D3 1000 units oral/daily starting at 16 weeks GA until the end of pregnancy. Routine prenatal care multi vitamin containing 400 units vitamin ca‐D was also simultaneously prescribed.
The control group received a multivitamin that had 400 unit vitamin ca‐D daily from 16 weeks GA until the end of pregnancy.
Outcomes Maternal
Primary
  • GDM

  • Pre‐eclampsia


Secondary
  • 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD)


Infants
Primary
  • Preterm birth


Secondary
  • Not available

Starting date 21 March 2015 (expected)
Contact information Dr Najmehsadat Mosalanejad
Phone: +98 76 3333 7192
Email address: mosalanejad@hums.ac.ir
Notes Funding: study funded by the Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences
Declarations of interest among primary researchers: NA
City/country: Bandarabas/Iran