Efficacy of Newborn Vitamin A Supplementation Versus Placebo in Improving Child Survival (NeoVitA Trial)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01138449

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : June 7, 2010

Last Update Posted : June 1, 2015

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Sponsor:

Collaborator:

World Health Organization

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

NBhandari, Society for Applied Studies

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	June 2013
Actual Study Completion Date :	June 2013

Publications of Results:

Mazumder S, Taneja S, Bhatia K, Yoshida S, Kaur J, Dube B, Toteja GS, Bahl R, Fontaine O, Martines J, Bhandari N; Neovita India Study Group. Efficacy of early neonatal supplementation with vitamin A to reduce mortality in infancy in Haryana, India (Neovita): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2015 Apr 4;385(9975):1333-42. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60891-6. Epub 2014 Dec 11.

Other Publications:

NEOVITA Study Author Group; Bahl R, Bhandari N, Dube B, Edmond K, Fawzi W, Fontaine O, Kaur J, Kirkwood BR, Martines J, Masanja H, Mazumder S, Msham S, Newton S, Oleary M, Ruben J, Shannon C, Smith E, Taneja S, Yoshida S. Efficacy of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation in reducing mortality during infancy in Ghana, India and Tanzania: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2012 Feb 23;13:22. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-22.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Upadhyay RP, Martines JC, Taneja S, Mazumder S, Bahl R, Bhandari N, Dalpath S, Bhan MK. Risk of postneonatal mortality, hospitalisation and suboptimal breast feeding practices in low birthweight infants from rural Haryana, India: findings from a secondary data analysis. BMJ Open. 2018 Jun 22;8(6):e020384. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020384.

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