Effect of Caffeine on Fetal Growth

The Danish Epdiemiology Science Centre

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Birth Weight

Treatments: Drug: Nescafé Gold Blend (exposed); Drug: Nescafé Decaffeinated (controls)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00131690

1994/2974

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether caffeine has any effect on birth weight.

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant
• Consumption of at least 3 cups of coffee/day at recruitment

Exclusion criteria

• Gestational age more than 20 weeks at recruitment
• Chronic kidney disease
• Epilepsy
• Insulin dependent diabetes
• Metabolic disorder
• Previous low birth weight delivery
• Previous preterm delivery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind