An interventional study of Vitamin A supplements and Sprinkles without Vitamin A in Malnutrition, sponsored by Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana. Completed at 1 site in Ghana. Open to participants aged 6 Months to 12 Months, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-12-17.
Sponsored by Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This study tried to prove that children given food supplements containing vitamin A would have better liver vitamin A stores than children given food supplements without vitamin A over a 5 month period.
The study wanted to assess the effect of fortification of home based complementary foods on vitamin A status in Ghanaian children who receive food supplements known as Sprinkles. The study assessed the vitamin A status and body pool size in children using a test known as the modified relative dose response test (MRDR) tests and stable 13C2 retinol as a tracer, among those who receive Sprinkles with or without vitamin A through home fortification of complementary foods.
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Informed consent of mother of eligible children aged 6-12 months.
Willingness to remain in the study area for entire duration of the study.
Willingness to agree to feed the child with supplied micronutrient supplements for duration of study.
The child should have started taking complementary foods in addition to breast milk.
Child's haemoglobin level of at least 70 g/L.
Exclusion Criteria:
Child's haemoglobin level less than 70 g/L.
Unable to give informed consent
Sprinkles with Vitamin A
Dietary Supplement: Vitamin A supplements
Made of other micronutrients without Vitamin A
Dietary Supplement: Sprinkles without Vitamin A
Sprinkles with Vitamin A
Active comparator
Vitamin A status after 5 months supplementation
Time frame: 5 months
acceptability of home based fortified vitamin A supplements
Time frame: 5 months
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Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana