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Iron Bioavailability From Biofortified Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato

NCT03840031 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2019-11-25

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Summary

To combat iron deficiency in Low and Middle-Income Countries, sustainable food-based solutions have to be implemented to serve populations, not only individuals. One solution is the introduction of iron biofortified staple crops on market level. Before market level introduction, the bioavailability of iron in the new biofortified Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) breed needs to be assessed. In this study the investigator compares the fractional and total iron absorption after extrinsic stable isotope labelling of the new biofortified high iron OFSP variety and a normal market level OFSP variety. The study is conducted in Malawian women of reproductive age with marginal iron status.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

High Fe OFSP meal labelled with Fe-58

400 gram steamed, mashed OFSP high Fe with 0.33 mg FeSO4-58 daily for 10 days

OTHER

Control OFSP meal labelled with Fe-57

400 gram steamed, mashed OFSP control with 0.33 mg FeSO5-57 daily for 10 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malawi

    collaborator OTHER

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Zimmermann, Prof. · Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-25
Primary Completion
2019-05-03
Completion
2019-05-03

Countries

  • Malawi
  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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