Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01594359
Nutrition Study of Effect of High Iron Beans on Iron Status
Efficacy of Iron Biofortified Beans in Improving the Iron Status of Rwandan Adolescent Girls: A Randomized Control Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 300 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 12 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether beans bred to have a high iron content are effective in improving the iron status of young women.
Detailed description
The goal of the study is to determine the efficacy of biofortified beans in improving the iron status of young women in Rwanda.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Biofortified beans | Comparison of two types of the common bean that are similar in all aspects except their iron concentration - one has a high iron concentration while the other has low iron concentration |
| OTHER | BEAN | Placebo |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-08-01
- Completion
- 2014-08-01
- First posted
- 2012-05-09
- Last updated
- 2015-12-02
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: Rwanda
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01594359. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.