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Nutrition Study of Effect of High Iron Beans on Iron Status

NCT01594359 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2015-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether beans bred to have a high iron content are effective in improving the iron status of young women.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Biofortified beans

Comparison of two types of the common bean that are similar in all aspects except their iron concentration - one has a high iron concentration while the other has low iron concentration

OTHER

BEAN

Placebo

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • HarvestPlus

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard F. Hurrell, PhD · ETH Zurich

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-08-31

Countries

  • Rwanda

Study Locations

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Diseases

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