NCT03801317

The Effect of Bovine Colostrum/ Egg Supplementation in Young Malawian Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 278 (actual)
• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 9 Months – 10 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The trial will consist of adding either a supplement of 4.3g egg powder + 5.7g bovine colostrum or a control flour along with a multiple micronutrient powder to the diets of healthy Malawian children 9 months of age. This supplement provides additional essential amino acids, choline and immunoactive colostrum. Children will be receive either the supplement or control for 12 weeks. Children will have regular follow-up where anthropometry is measured. At enrollment and after 12 weeks, stool will be collected and a urinary lactulose permeability test conducted. Children will be measured at enrollment and at weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 20, 32 after enrollment.

Conditions

• Stunting
• Environmental Enteric Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	BC/ egg	4.3 egg powder + 5.7 g bovine colostrum
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Control	15 grams corn-soya blend
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	multiple micronutrient	multiple micronutrient sprinkle powder

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-03
• Primary completion: 2019-12-30
• Completion: 2020-05-30
• First posted: 2019-01-11
• Last updated: 2020-09-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malawi