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Determination of Changes in Total Body Stores of Vitamin A in Response to Orange Maize Consumption by Zambian Children

NCT01814891 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 143

Last updated 2013-03-20

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Summary

Determination of liver stores of vitamin A will be determined before and after consumption of high pro-vitamin A orange maize, compared to low provitamin A white maize.

Conditions

  • Vitamin A Status With Maize Feeding

Interventions

OTHER

Orange maize feeding

This group was fed orange maize.

OTHER

Vitamin A supplement

This group received a dose of vitamin A at the estimated average requirement each feeding day of the intervention.

OTHER

Oil only

This group received a small amount of plain oil without vitamin A.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
57 Months
Max Age
88 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

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