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Daily milk intake by pregnant lactovegetarian women improves the vtamin b12 status of offsprings as compared to the intake of vitamin B12 pills

Daily milk intake by pregnant lactovegetarian women improves the vitaminb12 status of offsprings as compared to the intake of synthetic B12: An intervention trail-pilot study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/10/028330
Enrollment
90
Registered
2020-10-09
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Cow Milk: 200 ml of Cow Milk twice a day till delivery and further3 months post delivery Control Intervention1: Cyano B12: 1.6 microgram cyano B12 every day till delivery and further 3

Sponsors

Danish Dairy Research Foundation Denmark
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy Lactovegetarian Pregnant Women

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants with more than 200 pg/mL plasma vitamin B12 Participants taking drugs known to influence vitamin B12 absorption (metformin, methotrexate) Cancer patients Age below 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Improvement in vitamin B12 status in OffspringsTimepoint: 11 months—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Increase in birth weight of offsprings and reduction in plasma homocysteine and methylmalonic acid levels in mothers at the end of the study periodTimepoint: 11 months—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sadanand S Naik

Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital Res Centre Pune

sadu_naik@rediffmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026