Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02241330
Efficacy of Zn Biofortified Wheat in Improving Zn Status in Indian School Children With Low Zn Status
Efficacy of Zn Biofortified Wheat in Improving Zn Status in Indian School Children With Low Zn Status: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 284 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Years – 12 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The objective of this research is to test the efficacy of Zn biofortified wheat in increasing Zn status in Indian school children aged 6-12 y via a 6 month randomized controlled trial.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Biofortified wheat | Wheat was grown by foliar Zn application and is therefore biofortified |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Fortification | Wheat flour is fortified before testmeal preparation |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Control | wheat flour is used as control comparator. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-06-01
- Completion
- 2015-06-01
- First posted
- 2014-09-16
- Last updated
- 2016-04-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: India
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02241330. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.