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Vitamin D Supplementation During Pregnancy for Prevention of Asthma in Childhood

Sponsor: Copenhagen Studies on Asthma in Childhood

Summary

The aim of this study is to prevent asthma symptoms (recurrent wheeze) in childhood by supplementation with high dose vitamin D to the mother during pregnancy. Participants are mothers and children of the ABC (Asthma Begins in Childhood) cohort. Mothers are recruited during pregnancy and receive daily supplement with 2400 IU of Vitamin D3 or placebo from week 24 og gestation to 1 week after delivery. In addition all mothers are advised to take the recommended dose of 400 IU vitamin D daily. The mothers in ABC also participate in an interventional trial with fish oil supplementation, and the vitamin D randomization is stratified by fish oil treatment group. The child is followed with acute and planned vits at the research unit, and wheeze is diagnosed according to predefined algorithms.

Official title: Vitamin D Supplementation During Pregnancy for Prevention of Asthma in Childhood: An Interventional Trial in the ABC (Asthma Begins in Childhood) Cohort

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