Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 3:53 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 3:53 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00638092
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this trial is to determine whether iodide supplementation of neonates born under 31 weeks gestation improves neurodevelopment measured at two years of age.
Detailed Description:
Iodine is essential for the synthesis of thyroxine, and thyroxine is essential for normal brain development in utero and for the first 2-3 years of life. The recommended iodine intake in parenteral nutrition regimens is 1 μg/kg/day and commercially available parenteral solutions for infants reflect these recommendations. In the absence of other iodine sources, infants are vulnerable to negative iodine balance and insufficiency. As many preterm infants are fed parenterally for prolonged periods with solutions which have been shown to be iodine-deficient, the I2S2 Trial was designed as a UK multicentre randomised controlled trial to establish whether iodine supplementation of preterm infants benefits neurodevelopment.
Study:
NCT00638092
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00638092