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- Clinical Trial NCT05673070
Use of Ritual Prenatal Multivitamins for Pregnancy
February 5, 2024 updated by: Xinyin Jiang, City University of New York
Use of Ritual Prenatal Multivitamins to Improve Nutrition Status and Health Outcomes During Pregnancy
Prenatal multivitamin/multimineral supplements (MVI) provide important nutrition supplement to the diet of pregnant women to cover potential deficiencies and optimize nutrition status of both mom and baby, especially when the diet is suboptimal or nutrient demand is high while absorption is hindered by various factors such as genetic variance and gastrointestinal function.
In this double-blind, randomized, controlled trial, the investigators will recruit 70 pregnant women at gestational week 12-14 and randomly assign them to either receive a Ritual prenatal MVI (n=35) or another commercially available prenatal MVI (n=35) through out pregnancy.
Both supplements are over the counter and commercially available.
The major differences between the two MVIs are the chemical form of folate as either 5-methyl-tetrahydrofolate or folic acid, and the dosages of vitamin D, biotin, and docosahexaenoic acid.
The investigators will collect blood samples in each trimester of pregnancy and the placenta and cord blood at delivery to assess differences in blood nutrient levels.
The investigators hypothesize that consumption of Ritual MVI leads to better nutrition status and biomarkers in maternal-fetal dyads compared to control during the antepartum period.
Study Overview
Status
Recruiting
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Estimated)
70
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Contact
- Name: Xinyin Jiang, PhD
- Phone Number: 2738 7189515000
- Email: XinyinJiang@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Study Locations
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New York
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Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11219
- Recruiting
- Maimonides Medical Center
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Contact:
- Itamar Futterman, MD
- Phone Number: 718-283-6000
- Email: IFutterman@maimonidesmed.org
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Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11210
- Recruiting
- Brooklyn College of City University of New York
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Contact:
- Xinyin Jiang, PhD
- Phone Number: 2738 718-951-5000
- Email: XinyinJiang@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Pregnant women are qualified to participate if they are over 18 years of age, having singleton pregnancy, and without any of the conditions listed in the exclusion criteria.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Exclusion criteria include diabetes, cardiovascular conditions and liver disease prior to and during pregnancy because these diseases affect metabolism of several nutrients and thus may lead to differences in the MVI intake and nutrient status relationship.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Ritual Epre
This group will receive 2 Ritual Epre multivitamin-mineral supplement pills daily.
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The Ritual Epre supplement uses methyl folate instead of folic acid and has higher vitamin D and biotin contents compared to the control supplement.
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Active Comparator: Control MVI
For the prenatal arm, this group will receive a control multivitamin-mineral supplement pill and a 200 mg docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) pill that are commercially available.
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The control MVI supplement is a commercially available product from another brand.
Since this MVI doesn't contain DHA, a pill of DHA will also be provided to participants in this group.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Folate status
Time Frame: after 24 weeks of intervention
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The investigators hypothesize that the group that consumes Ritual would have less unmetabolized folic acid in the blood than the control group.
A greater proportion of participants would have supranutritional levels of folate (> 20 ng/mL serum folate) in the control versus Ritual group.
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after 24 weeks of intervention
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Biotin status
Time Frame: after 24 weeks of intervention
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The investigators hypothesize that the group that consumes Ritual would have higher levels of biotin and lower levels of 3-HIA and 3-HIA-carnitine in the maternal and cord blood than the control group.
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after 24 weeks of intervention
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placental functional gene expression regulation
Time Frame: after 24 weeks of intervention
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The investigators hypothesize that the group that consumes Ritual would have higher expression of vitamin D response genes and lower expression of inflammatory and stress genes.
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after 24 weeks of intervention
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vitamin D status
Time Frame: after 24 weeks of intervention
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The investigators hypothesize that the group that consumes Ritual would have higher levels of vitamin D metabolites in the maternal and cord blood than the control group.
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after 24 weeks of intervention
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Collaborators
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
October 15, 2023
Primary Completion (Estimated)
September 30, 2024
Study Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2024
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
December 6, 2022
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
December 21, 2022
First Posted (Actual)
January 6, 2023
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
February 7, 2024
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
February 5, 2024
Last Verified
February 1, 2024
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2022-0670-Brooklyn
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
NO
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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