Effect of Iron Fortified Wheat Flour on Cognition and Iron Status in Indian School Children

NCT00741143 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 194

Last updated 2008-08-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of NaFeEDTA-fortified whole wheat flour in improving cognition, hemoglobin, iron status and total body iron among school children in urban Bangalore.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Fortification of wheat flour with NaFeEdta

NaFeEdta Fortified Wheat Flour (100g)provided as a lunch meal. Fortification level of 6mg Fe/100g/day/child for 7 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Akzo Nobel

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Ministry of Science and Technology, India

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • St. John's Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sumithra Muthayya, PhD · St Johns Research Institute, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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