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Using Stable Isotopes to Assess the Effectiveness of Vitamin A Supplementation in Cameroon

NCT03383744 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2017-12-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a study to evaluate the effects of vitamin A supplementation program on the vitamin A status of preschool children. All children aged 3-5 years who do not have severe illness and are not planning to move from the study area are eligible. Children whose caregivers agree to sign the consent form will be enrolled in their community and submitted to a longitudinal evaluation of vitamin A status before and after vitamin A supplementation campaign.

Vitamin A status will be assessed by measuring serum retinol, retinol binding protein and vitamin A total body pool size using stable isotope dilution methodology.

Conditions

  • Vitamin A Deficiency

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

vitamin A supplementation

Each child received one capsule of 200,000 IU of vitamin A

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • International Atomic Energy Agency

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Centre for Food and Nutrition Research, Yaounde

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-05
Primary Completion
2016-03-23
Completion
2016-07-29

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