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- Clinical Trial NCT03056625
Efficacy of Vitamin A Fortified Rice in Lactating Thai Women (EVAL)
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) remains a public health problem that occurs in children and women. WHO estimates that 190 million preschool age children (under five years of age) and 19.1 million pregnant women have inadequate concentrations of retinol . VAD may increase risk of morbidity and mortality during childhood, pregnancy and postpartum period . In developing countries, vitamin A status in lactating women is not optimal. Even in the United States, vitamin A status of low income pregnant women is marginal. Therefore, women of reproductive age are at risk of vitamin A depletion which compromises the vitamin A status of breastfed infants. Vitamin A is transferred to milk from both retinol binding protein bound and chylomicron associated vitamin A carriers. Because of teratogenicity of vitamin A, the transfer of vitamin A from pregnant mother to the fetus is carefully controlled. This results in all infants born with very low stores of vitamin A . Therefore human milk is still the best vitamin A source for infants. The concentration of vitamin A in breast milk is highest in the first 21 days postpartum (colostrum in the first 4-6 days and transitional milk in the next 7-21 days). Breast milk vitamin A concentrations and an infant's vitamin A status are based on maternal dietary intake. Breast milk retinol concentrations are a useful tool and a unique indicator for lactating women and represents extrapolations of vitamin A status of breastfed infant.
In high risk vitamin A deficiency areas, prior recommendation for lactating women was to give two doses of 200,000 IU vitamin A within 6 weeks post-delivery . However, the lack of impact evidence of this regimen led to the WHO's withdrawal of such recommendation as a public health policy .
Food-based intervention has been regarded as a sustainable approach to improve population vitamin A status. Most recently, vitamin A-depleted sows fed high-provitamin A carotenoid maize resulted in significant increase in liver stores in nursing piglets and significant higher milk retinol concentrations than sows fed white maize that given a high-dose vitamin A supplement .
Previous efforts to fortify staples or common vehicles with vitamin A offer promising solution to prevention of vitamin A deficiency in vulnerable population . Food fortified with vitamin A has potentials to improve women's vitamin A status and to increase the vitamin A concentrations of breast milk . Rice as the most important staple food in Thailand, represents the culture of consumption and lifestyle of Thai people . Recent study in Thai school children fed with extruded rice grains fortified with zinc, iron and vitamin A every weekday for 2 months, significantly increased liver stores of vitamin A, as assessed with a stable isotope technique . Likewise, fortification of rice with vitamin A may also benefit mothers during lactation.
The outcomes of this study will be useful to guide the promotion of food-based strategies to improve vitamin A status of mother and infant during lactation.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Objectives To determine the efficacy of vitamin A fortified rice that gets into the breast milk of lactating mothers as determined by breast milk vitamin A concentrations, total body reserves of vitamin A via isotope dilution technique, following a 14 weeks feeding trial of lactating women.
Methodology The intervention will have two arms, vitamin A fortified rice and regular rice with 35 participants (lactating women) per group. Participants will receive one meal per day on weekdays for a period of 14 weeks. The fortified dose will be measured in the final cooked product, but we will aim to administer approximately 500 µg retinol in the rice meal. Vitamin A fortified rice is produced by extrusion technology by adding retinol into an artificial rice to be mix with the normal rice.
Data collection
- Demographic data Each participants will be asked about demographic data in the first interview. The data includes general information (age, education and occupation), socioeconomic status, number of child and duration of breastfeeding mothers, if women had a child before.
- Anthropometric data Anthropometric measurements include weight and height of participants and weight, length and head circumference of infants will be recorded in the first day and post-intervention.
- Dietary assessment At the baseline (Day 1: 3+1 week after first breastfeed), all participants will be interviewed on food consumption in the previous 24 hours for 3 times (2 weekdays and 1 weekend day). The data consist of food items, food types, food components and weight or size of consumed portions. Information from the interviews will be analyzed by INMUCAL software (Mahidol University, Thailand)
Collection and analysis of breast milk sample Breast milk samples will be collected for vitamin A analysis. Collection of breast milk sample will be divided into two periods at the following time points which will start 3+1 week after first breastfeed.
- at baseline: Day 1 and 15
- 14 weeks post-intervention: Day 121 and 135
- Collection and analysis of blood sample The change of vitamin A status of participants will be determined by using the pair13C-retinol isotope dilution test . This involves giving the first dose of 2 µmol retinol equivalent of 13C2-retinolretinyl acetate to participants on day 1 after that the second dose (2 µmol retinol) will be given to participants on the day 121. Blood sample will be collected 4 times (Day 1, 15, 121 and 135 after 3+1 week of first breastfeed) for measuring the isotopic ratio of 13C/12C and the calculation of liver vitamin A concentration. Blood samples will be drawn into plastic clot blood tubes and will be wrapped with aluminum foil for protection from light. Then, blood will be centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 15 minutes, serum will be separated immediately into dark cryovials and stored at -20 ◦c.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Siwaporn Pinkaew, Ph.D
- Phone Number: +66899772266
- Email: siwaporn.p@psu.ac.th
Study Locations
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Pattani, Thailand, 94000
- Recruiting
- Prince of Songkla University
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Contact:
- Siwaporn Pinkaew, Ph.D
- Phone Number: 899772266
- Email: siwaporn.p@psu.ac.th
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- free of diseases
- gestational age between 37 to 42 weeks
- willing to breastfeed for a period of 4-6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Hb > 70 g/L
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Twin, Baby with low birth weight
- Receiving vitamin A supplement during the study
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: DOUBLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: Fortified rice
Participant will be given vitamin A fortified rice 1 meal/day
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Lactating women will receive fortified rice one meal per day on weekdays for a period of 14 weeks.
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PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Control
Participant will be given normal rice 1 meal/day
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Lactating women will receive normal rice one meal per day on weekdays for a period of 14 weeks.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Vitamin A liver store
Time Frame: 135 days
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vitamin A concentration per gram liver
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135 days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Breast milk retinol
Time Frame: 135 days
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vitamin A (retinol) concentration in breast milk
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135 days
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Serum retinol
Time Frame: 121 days
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Concentration of retinol in serum
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121 days
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Hb
Time Frame: 135 days
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Hemoglobin concentration in whole blood
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135 days
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The gut microbiome
Time Frame: 135 days
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Changing of the composition of the microbiota
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135 days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Siwaporn Pinkaew, Ph.D, Prince of Songkla University
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- MGR5980155
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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