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Efficacy of Providing Eggs as an Early Complementary Food to Promote Child Growth

NCT05168085 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 655

Last updated 2023-08-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will investigate the efficacy of providing one chicken egg per day for a period of 6 months, beginning at the age of 6 to \<9 months on the growth, motor development, micronutrient, and morbidity status of infants from a low socioeconomic community in South Africa.

Conditions

  • Linear Growth

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eggs

Providing 1 egg per day fo 6 months to infants

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • North-West University, South Africa

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marius Smuts, PhD · Director

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
9 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-13
Primary Completion
2023-12-31
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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