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Impact of Consumption of Orange-fleshed Sweet Potatoes on the Vitamin A Status of Bangladeshi Women of Reproductive Age

NCT00453648 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2017-05-30

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Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether daily consumption of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes increases the vitamin A status of Bangladeshi women of reproductive age. Secondary purposes of the study are to determine whether consumption of orange-fleshed sweet potatoes has an effect on the intestinal absorption of dietary iron or dietary zinc in Bangladeshi women of reproductive age.

Conditions

  • Vitamin A Deficiency

Interventions

OTHER

White-fleshed sweet potatoes

OTHER

Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (boiled)

OTHER

Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (fried)

OTHER

WFSP and capsule of retinyl palmitate

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of California, Davis

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marjorie J Haskell, PhD · University of California, Davis

  • Kenneth H Brown, MD · University of California, Davis

  • Kazi Jamil, MBBS, PhD · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

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