Complementary Food Supplements for Reducing Childhood Undernutrition

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the impact on child growth of three specially formulated complementary food supplements vs. Plumpy'Doz, a previously tested, commercially available complementary food, and vs. a control group that receives no food. All groups will receive nutrition education related to infant and young child feeding. This will be a cluster-randomised trial in children 6-18 months old in rural Rangpur and Gaibandha in Bangladesh.

Conditions

• Stunting
• Wasting

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Wheat Soy Blend (WSB++)

A wheat formulation containing protein from milk solids and soybeans, essential fats and sugar to provide optimal caloric density, and added vitamins and minerals.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Chickpea based complementary food supplement

A chickpea-based complementary food supplement with added milk powder, oil, sugar and added vitamins and minerals.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Rice based complementary food supplement

Locally developed rice based complementary food with and added vitamins and minerals.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Plumpy Doz

Plumpy Doz is a prepackaged ready-to-use complementary food supplement enriched with added vitamins and minerals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

  collaborator OTHER

• United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

  collaborator OTHER

• DSM Ltd

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Parul Christian, DrPH · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Keith P West, DrPH · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Rolf Klemm, DrPH · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Alain B Labrique, PhD · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Kerry J Schulze, PhD · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Sucheta Mehra, MS · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Rebecca Merrill, PhD · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

• Abu Ahmed Shamim, MS · JiVitA

• Hasmot Ali, MPH · JiVitA

• Tahmeed Ahmed, PhD · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

• Saskia de Pee, PhD · WFP

• Martin Bloem, PhD · WFP

• Monira Parveen, PhD · WFP

• Britta Schumacher, PhD · WFP

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

6 Months

Max Age

8 Months

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-09-30

Primary Completion

2014-05-31

Completion

2014-11-30

Countries

• Bangladesh

Study Locations