NCT02254460

Investigation of Iron Uptake From Micronutrient Fortified Powder Versus From Tailored Control in Milk

A Double Blind, Randomized, Two-way Cross-over Study to Investigate the Uptake of Iron From Micronutrient Fortified Powder vs. From Tailored Control in Milk.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The present study supplements iron as part of multiple micro-nutrient supplementation to demonstrate that intake of a micronutrient fortified powder in milk helps increase the uptake of key micronutrients like iron due to unique nature of the given matrix, as compared to intake of iron alone in milk.

Conditions

• Growth and Development

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Test	Experimental product: Micronutrient fortified beverage powder, packed as 27 g individual sachet, administered orally as a single serve.
OTHER	Control	Energy equivalent beverage powder without micronutrient fortification, packed as 27 g individual sachets, administered orally as a single serve

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-02-06
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-08
• First posted: 2014-10-01
• Last updated: 2017-07-11
• Results posted: 2017-03-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India