Clinical Trial: Vitamin A Supplementation and Breast Milk Vitamin A Levels in Mothers of Preterm Infants

U.S., July 31 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07736768) titled 'Vitamin A Supplementation and Breast Milk Vitamin A Levels in Mothers of Preterm Infants' on July 26.

Brief Summary: Preterm infants are at increased risk of vitamin A deficiency because they are born with low vitamin A stores and depend largely on breast milk to meet their nutritional needs. This study will evaluate whether daily maternal vitamin A supplementation increases vitamin A concentrations in the breast milk of mothers who deliver infants before 29 weeks of gestation.

Participants will receive a commercially available oral multivitamin supplement containing 1,300 mcg retinol activity equivalents (RAE) of vitamin A daily f...