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Vitamin A and Zinc: Prevention of Pneumonia (VAZPOP) Study

NCT00228254 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2582

Last updated 2005-09-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Children with malnutrition are often low in some nutrients, like zinc or vitamin A, that could help them fight off infections like pneumonia. Our study was designed to see if children who got supplements of zinc or vitamin A had fewer infections.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Zinc (12.5 mg/day)

DRUG

vitamin A 10,000 IU per week

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Biotecnologia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tufts University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey K Griffiths, MD MPH&TM · Tufts University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-01-31
Completion
2004-06-30

Countries

  • United States
  • Ecuador

Study Locations

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Diseases

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