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Total Body Vitamin A Before and After Vitamin A Supplementation in a Community Where Liver is Frequently Eaten

NCT02915731 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2016-09-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will assess total body vitamin A pool size, as well as liver vitamin A stores, by means of stable isotope dilution in preschool children from a South African community where liver, an exceptionally rich source of vitamin A, is frequently eaten, and the children exposed to vitamin A fortified staple foods, as well as a vitamin A supplementation programme.

Conditions

  • Hypervitaminosis A

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin A supplement

200 000 IU vitamin A (once-off dose), given to participants as part of the national vitamin A supplementation program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Atomic Energy Agency

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    collaborator OTHER

  • Medical Research Council, South Africa

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Martha E van Stuijvenberg, PhD · Medical Research Council, South Africa

  • Muhammad A Dhansay, FC Paed · Medical Research Council, South Africa

Eligibility

Min Age
36 Months
Max Age
60 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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