Maternal Iodine Supplementation and Effects on Thyroid Function and Child Development (MITCH)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00791466

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : November 14, 2008

Last Update Posted : November 17, 2016

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

St. John's Research Institute

Mahidol University

Unilever R&D

Swiss National Science Foundation

Nestlé Foundation

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Alida Melse, Wageningen University

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	May 2012
Actual Study Completion Date :	May 2016

Publications:

Melse-Boonstra A, Gowachirapant S, Jaiswal N, Winichagoon P, Srinivasan K, Zimmermann MB. Iodine supplementation in pregnancy and its effect on child cognition. J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2012 Jun;26(2-3):134-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2012.03.005. Epub 2012 May 8.

Gowachirapant S, Melse-Boonstra A, Winichagoon P, Zimmermann MB. Overweight increases risk of first trimester hypothyroxinaemia in iodine-deficient pregnant women. Matern Child Nutr. 2014 Jan;10(1):61-71. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12040. Epub 2013 Aug 13.

Jaiswal N, Melse-Boonstra A, Thomas T, Basavaraj C, Sharma SK, Srinivasan K, Zimmermann MB. High prevalence of maternal hypothyroidism despite adequate iodine status in Indian pregnant women in the first trimester. Thyroid. 2014 Sep;24(9):1419-29. doi: 10.1089/thy.2014.0071. Epub 2014 Jul 21.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Gowachirapant S, Jaiswal N, Melse-Boonstra A, Galetti V, Stinca S, Mackenzie I, Thomas S, Thomas T, Winichagoon P, Srinivasan K, Zimmermann MB. Effect of iodine supplementation in pregnant women on child neurodevelopment: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2017 Nov;5(11):853-863. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(17)30332-7. Epub 2017 Oct 10.

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