Efficacy Trial to Examine Efficacy of Multimicronutrient Home Supplementation in Infants

NCT00276198 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 771

Last updated 2008-04-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of the program is to examine the efficacy of 6 month home micronutrient supplementation in Bedouin and Jewish children on improvements in nutritional status including measures of iron, ferritin, zinc and folic acid, and measures of growth and health parameters i.e.reported and recorded morbidity.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Sprinkles

Daily dosage of fat coated iron (desote fumarate) 12.5 mg, zinc 5mg, vitamin A 300 micrograms, folic acid 150 micrograms, ascorbic acid 50 mg.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ferripel-3, Vitamins A&D drops

Daily dosage of Iron tonic 15mg, vitamins A 300 micrograms, vitamin D 10 micrograms once a day from age 6 months up to age 12 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Soroka University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Drora Fraser, PhD · Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Months
Max Age
2 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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