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The Impact of Legumes vs Corn-soy Flour on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Rural Malawian Children 1-3 Year Olds

NCT02472301 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 337

Last updated 2017-05-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine if 12 months of legume-based complementary foods is effective in reducing or reversing EED and linear growth faltering in a cohort of Malawian children, aged 12-35 months to see if these improvements are correlated with specific changes in the enteric microbiome.

Conditions

  • Environmental Enteropathy

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

cowpeas complementary food

cowpeas supplementary food that will be approximately 15% of the calculated total daily intake. Children will receive the food for 12 months.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

corn-soy flour

Corn-soy flour supplementary food that will be approximately 15% of the calculated total daily intake. Children will receive the food for 12 months.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

common bean complementary food

common bean supplementary food that will be approximately 15% of the calculated total daily intake. Children will receive the food for 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Manary, MD · Washington University School of Medince

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Months
Max Age
35 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • Malawi

Study Locations

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