Clinical trials: Carotenoid
Vitamin A Deficiency
Efficacy of Yellow Cassava to Improve Vitamin A Status of Kenyan School Children
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.
- Trial name
- CASSAVITA (NCT01614483)
- Testing
- Yellow cassava, White cassava
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 341 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Behavioral Changes, Psychology, Social
Using Reinforcement Schedules to Increase Fruit&Vegetable Intake, Reduce Waste, and Increase School Lunch Participation
Using small monetary rewards to reinforce healthy behaviors, such as the consumption of fruits and vegetables (F\&V), the investigators tested fixed and variable reinforcement schedules in three middle schools.
- Conditions
- Behavioral Changes, Psychology, Social, Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT05633251
- Testing
- Variable (random) interval, Variable (non-random) interval, Variable (random) interval with table tents
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,626 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New Mexico State University
Primary Intestinal Hypocholesterolemia, Abetalipoproteinemia
CArotenoid in hypoChOlesterolemia
Hypobetalipoproteinemias (HBL) represent a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by reduced plasma levels of plasmatic lipids (mainly triglycerides, total cholesterol (TC), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), and apolipoprotein B…
- Conditions
- Primary Intestinal Hypocholesterolemia, Abetalipoproteinemia, Chylomicron Retention Disease
- Trial name
- CaCo (NCT05208879)
- Testing
- Characterization of carotenoid status and plasma levels of oxidative stress markers in patients (case group only), Characterization, evaluation and comparison of macular pigment density
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Effects of Xanthophylls on Optical Density
The objective of the study was to investigate the influence of a intervention with lutein und zeaxanthin from crucifers on the optical density of the macular pigment of patients with non exudative age-related maculopathy.
- Trial name
- NCT01316198
- Testing
- Verum
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Jena
Pediatric Nutrition, Nutrition, Healthy
Toddler Biomarker of Nutrition Study
This is a study of how accurate different methods to assess young children's dietary intake are, so that researchers and health professionals can better understand how children's nutrition relates to their health.
- Trial name
- TBONS (NCT05855824)
- Testing
- Applesauce Pouch, Fruit-vegetable puree blend
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Diet Habit, Cognitive Control
Correlational and Intervention Effects of Egg Consumption on Macular Carotenoids, Cognition, and Achievement During Childhood
The aim of this study is to examine the correlational and intervention effects of egg consumption on macular carotenoids, cognition, and achievement during childhood.
- Trial name
- SHELL (NCT03521349)
- Testing
- Whole Egg Intervention, Egg White Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Healthy Infants
Influence of Inflammation on Micronutrient Status Assessment
Inflammation can influence several biochemical measurements those commonly used to interpret micronutrient status in children. Our primary objective is to investigate the effects of inflammation on several biochemical…
- Trial name
- NCT03801161
- Testing
- Pentavalent vaccine. It is a combination of five different antigens (Hepatitis B (HBV)/ Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB) / Tetanus-Diphtheria-whole cell Pertussis (TDwP)).
- Where
- 2 sites in Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh