CompletedNot Applicable

Efficacy of Yellow Cassava to Improve Vitamin A Status of Kenyan School Children

Kenya341 participantsStarted 2012-05

Plain-language summary

The overall aim of the project is to provide proof-of-principle that biofortification of cassava with vitamin A is a viable strategy to improve vitamin A status of deficient populations.

Who can participate

Age range61 Months – 13 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Low vitamin A status (retinol binding protein (RBP) at the lowest end of the distribution will be included in the study) Exclusion Criteria: * History or signs of infectious or systemic diseases (e.g. tuberculosis, sickle cell anaemia) * Anaemia, malaria or acute inflammation at the day of baseline measurements

What they're measuring

Change in serum retinol concentration

Timeframe: Baseline, end of study (4 months)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01614483

SponsorWageningen University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2012-11

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