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Evaluation of Vitamin A and Zinc Supplementation on Malarial Morbidity

NCT01782001 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2013-02-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine whether young children receiving Vitamin A and Zinc supplements will have a lower incidence of symptomatic malaria than similar children receiving vitamin A supplements alone.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

vitamin A

vitamin A with placebo

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

vitamin A and zinc

combination of vitamin A and zinc supplements

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Atomic Energy Agency

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Seth Owusu-Agyei, PhD · Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
24 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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Diseases

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