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Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A Every 6 Month in Rural Indian Children Aged 1-6

NCT00222547 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 720000

Last updated 2005-10-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Randomisation of 72 large rural areas ("blocks") into a 2 x 2 trial of six- monthly treatment of all village children aged 1-5 with albendazole(400mg), vitamin A (200000 iu), both or neither. The placebo group get no trial treatment at all and do not receive physical placebos.

Conditions

  • Village Children

Interventions

DRUG

Vitamin A

DRUG

Albendazole

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

    collaborator FED

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shally Awasthi, MD · King George Medical University, Lucknow

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-01-31
Completion
2005-02-28

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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