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Peanut-based School Meals in Rural Ghana to Improve Attendance and Retention

NCT06397989 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6700

Last updated 2026-04-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test daily provision of peanut paste-based milk-containing ready-to-use school food (PM-RUF) in children 5-17 years of age in Ghana . The main question it aims to answer is:

\- Will provision of PM-RUF as a daily school meal improve attendance, improve matriculation, and/or reduce dropouts among Ghanaian schoolchildren 5-17 years of age in Mion District as compared with provision of a common local flour made of rice/millet?

Conditions

  • School Attendance
  • School Dropouts
  • School Enrollment
  • School Feeding Programs
  • Child Nutrition

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ready-to-use school food

80 grams of peanut paste-based food containing skim milk powder, cowpea, peanuts, vegetable oil, and multiple micronutrients

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Standard meal

300ml of porridge made with rice/millet flour

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Ghana

    collaborator OTHER

  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

    collaborator FED

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Manary, MD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-07
Primary Completion
2026-11-30
Completion
2026-11-30

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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