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Efficacy of Zn Biofortified Wheat in Improving Zn Status in Indian School Children With Low Zn Status

NCT02241330 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 284

Last updated 2016-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this research is to test the efficacy of Zn biofortified wheat in increasing Zn status in Indian school children aged 6-12 y via a 6 month randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

  • Zinc Deficiency

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Biofortified wheat

Wheat was grown by foliar Zn application and is therefore biofortified

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Fortification

Wheat flour is fortified before testmeal preparation

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Control

wheat flour is used as control comparator.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • HarvestPlus

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael B Zimmermann, Prof Dr med · ETHZ

  • Anura V Kurpad, Prof MD PhD · St John's Research Institute, Bangalore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-31
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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