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Serum Ferritin Concentration in Kenyan Women and Their Preschool Children at Which the Body Begins to Upregulate Iron Absorption From the Diet

NCT06655909 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 275

Last updated 2025-05-22

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Summary

Using standardized methods, the investigators will perform stable iron isotope absorption studies in young Kenyan women and their preschool children (2-5y of age) with varying iron status to measure iron absorption from maize meal containing labeled ferrous sulfate. Using these data, this study aim is to define the ferritin in these young women and children at which the body senses iron depletion and begins to upregulate iron absorption from the diet; this approach could provide a functionally defined threshold of iron deficiency in Sub-Saharan African women and children.

Conditions

  • Healthy Volunteer
  • Mothers
  • Preschool Children

Interventions

OTHER

consumption of maize porridge containing stable iron isotope

consumption of maize porridge containing stable iron isotope

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Isabelle Herter-Aeberli

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-23
Primary Completion
2024-11-13
Completion
2024-11-13

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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