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Trial to Test the Growth-Promoting Effect of Fortified Spreads When Used as Complementary Food for Infants

NCT00131209 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2008-07-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study tests the hypothesis that infants receiving fortified spread as a complementary food for one year grow better and do not become malnourished as often as infants who are provided with maize-soy flour for complementary porridge.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

fortified spread (RUTF)

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

maize and soy flour

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Academy of Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Foundation for Paediatric Research, Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tampere University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Per Ashorn, MD, PhD · University of Tampere, Medical School

  • Kenneth Maleta, MBBS, PhD · Kamuzu University of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
6 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-10-31
Primary Completion
2006-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • Malawi

Study Locations

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