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RecruitingNCT04721197Updated Sep 9, 2026

Hens Hatching Hope

An interventional study of Egg vouchers and Standard of Care in Malnutrition, Child, sponsored by Georgia Southern University. Recruiting at 1 site in Honduras. Open to participants aged 6 Months to 24 Months, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-09.

Sponsored by Georgia Southern University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 2021; still recruiting 5 years 9 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
6 Months to 24 Months
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study is a prospective community-cluster non-randomized trial that will evaluate the effectiveness of a program that will provide 30-day egg vouchers to mothers of 6 to 24 month-old children living in rural areas of Intibucá, Honduras.

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Conditions studied

  • Malnutrition, Child

Keywords

  • Stunting
  • Eggs
  • diarrhea
  • complementary foods
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In context

Child Nutrition Disorders

167 studies on the registry are indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders; 36 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 400 is close to the median of 402 across 132 interventional studies indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Georgia Southern University is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Months to 24 Months
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy children ages 6 to 24 months at the time the study begins
  • No cerebral palsy, birth defect or condition that may affect their growth or development.
  • Children living in the department of Intibucá, Honduras

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children from families that are considering leaving the region within the next 12 months
  • Known egg allergy
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention

    30-day egg vouchers, in addition to the standard of care.

    Other: Egg vouchers · Other: Standard of Care

  • Active comparator
    Control group

    Standard of care.

    Other: Standard of Care

Interventions

  • OtherEgg vouchers

    30-day egg vouchers will be provided monthly, in addition to standard of care.

  • OtherStandard of Care

    Participants will continue to receive the standard of care. No egg vouchers.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in Length/Height-for-age z-scores (zHAZ) from baseline at 6 months

    Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Changes in Length/Height-for-age z-scores (zHAZ) from baseline at 12 months

    Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

    Time frame: Change from baseline zHAZ at 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in the prevalence of stunting from baseline at 6 months

    Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (zHAZ \<-2)

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Changes in the prevalence of stunting from baseline at 12 months

    Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards (zHAZ \<-2)

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. Changes in the prelavence of underweight (Weight-for-age z-score <-2) from baseline at 6 months

    Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

    Time frame: 6 months

  4. Changes in the prelavence of underweight (Weight-for-age z-score <-2) from baseline at 12 months

    Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

    Time frame: 12 months

  5. Assessment of rapid weight gain after 6 months of intervention

    Defined as a zBMI upward percentile crossing (\>+0.67 SD) Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

    Time frame: 6 months

  6. Assessment of rapid weight gain after 12 months of intervention

    Defined as a zBMI upward percentile crossing (\>+0.67 SD) Calculated using the 2006 World Health Organization Child Growth Standards

    Time frame: 12 months

  7. Changes in the prevalence of diarrhea from baseline at 12 months

    Defined as three or more liquid or semisolid stools in 24 hours

    Time frame: 12 months

  8. Changes in the prevalence of Respiratory symptoms from baseline at 12 months

    Defined as reported presence of cough, or nasal congestion, or ear ache, or sore throat in the last 7 days.

    Time frame: 12 months

  9. Changes in the prevalence of Respiratory infections from baseline at 12 months

    Defined as reported presence of fever + any of the following symptoms: cough, or nasal congestion, or ear ache, or sore throat in the last 7 days

    Time frame: baseline and 12 months

  10. Changes in the food insecurity scores from baseline at 6 months

    Measured using the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean scale of Food insecurity (Escala Latinoamercana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria)

    Time frame: 6 months

  11. Changes in the food insecurity scores from baseline at 12 months

    Measured using the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean scale of Food insecurity (Escala Latinoamercana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria)

    Time frame: 12 months

  12. Changes in the dietary diversity scores from baseline at 6 months

    Measured using the frequency of intake survey from the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean scale of Food insecurity (Escala Latinoamercana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria)

    Time frame: 6 months

  13. Changes in the dietary diversity scores from baseline at 12 months

    Measured using the frequency of intake survey from the 2012 Latin American and Caribbean scale of Food insecurity (Escala Latinoamercana y Caribeña de Seguridad Alimentaria)

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Clinica medica Roy and Melaney Sanders
    Concepción, Intibucá Department, Honduras
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 9, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04721197
Lead sponsor
Georgia Southern University
Collaborators
Shoulder to Shoulder
Responsible party
Ana Palacios (Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 22, 2021
Start date
Jan 23, 2021
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2029 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 30, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 9, 2026

Study contacts

Ana Palacios, MD, PhD
Contact
anapalac@iu.edu
4193244643
Ana Palacios, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Indiana University, Bloomington

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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