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Nutrition and Cognition in Indian Children

NCT00467909 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2024-05-22

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Summary

Nutritional deficiencies are a major problem in school children in India and have a variety of adverse effects on their cognitive development and growth, and increase susceptibility to infections. There is strong evidence for beneficial effects of iodine, iron and protein-energy on cognitive development in children, while evidence for vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate, zinc and, omega-3 fatty acids and in particular docosahexanoic acid (DHA) is limited and inconclusive. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2x2 factorial design will be conducted to assess the effect of a micronutrient with or without omega-3 fatty acids on cognitive development and performance and other selected outcome variables such as growth, morbidity and immune response in children of 7-9 years of age in India.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

micronutrients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Unilever R&D

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • St. John's Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anura V Kurpad, MD · St. John's Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
9 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-11-01
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2007-03-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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