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Feeding Trial of Bio-fortified Pearl Millet

NCT02152150 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 246

Last updated 2014-06-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of iron bio-fortified pearl millet in improving iron status in adolescents in India.

Conditions

  • Iron Deficiency and Anemia

Interventions

OTHER

Iron bio-fortified pearl millet

Pearl millet variety ICTP8203-Fe (82 mg/kg iron content) prepared as a traditional flatbread (bhakri)

OTHER

Control pearl millet

Conventional pearl millet: variety DG9444 (22 mg/kg iron content) and JKBH778 (52 mg/kg iron content), prepared as a traditional flatbread (bhakri)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jere D. Haas, Ph.D. · Cornell University

  • Shobha Udipi, Ph.D. · SNDT Women's University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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