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Efficacy of Yellow Cassava to Improve Vitamin A Status of Kenyan School Children

NCT01614483 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 341

Last updated 2022-11-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The overall aim of the project is to provide proof-of-principle that biofortification of cassava with vitamin A is a viable strategy to improve vitamin A status of deficient populations.

Conditions

  • Vitamin A Deficiency

Interventions

OTHER

Yellow cassava

Daily provision of 375 g boiled yellow cassava for 18 weeks, 6 days/week Daily provision of placebo capsule for 18 weeks, 6 days/week

OTHER

White cassava

Daily provision of 375 g boiled white cassava for 18 weeks, 6 days/ week Daily provision of placebo capsule for 18 weeks, 6 days/ week

OTHER

White cassava

Daily provision of 375 g boiled white cassava for 18 weeks, 6 days/week Daily provision of B-carotene capsule (1400 µg B-carotene)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • European Commission

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Nairobi

    collaborator OTHER

  • Wageningen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alida Melse, PhD · Wageningen University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
61 Months
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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