Clinical trials: Dietary Zinc Deficiency
Zinc Deficiency, Diarrhea
Water-based Zinc Intervention Trial in Zinc Deficient Children
The overall aim of this trial is to determine whether the use of the household-based water treatment device Life Straw Family (LSF) can be an effective strategy to improve zinc status and health status of vulnerable populations…
- Trial name
- NCT01472211
- Testing
- zinc enriching filter (LifeStrawFamily), disinfection tablets
- Where
- Benin
- Volunteers
- 317 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zinc; Deficiency With Anemia
Zinc and Iron in Children With Short Stature
Short stature is defined as height below 3rd centile or less than two standard deviations below the median height for that age and sex according to the population standard zinc and iron have important role in growth for children
- Trial name
- zincandiron (NCT03131349)
- Testing
- serum zinc and iron
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Development, Iron Deficiency
Zinc, Iron, Vitamin A and Psychosocial Care for Child Growth and Development
Many Indonesian infants are already iron deficient before they reach the age of six months, which also determines the high prevalence of anemia among under-five children.
- Conditions
- Development, Iron Deficiency, Zinc Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT02319499
- Testing
- Zinc Alone, Iron and Zinc, Iron, Zinc and Vitamin A
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Zinc Deficiency
Effects of EED on Zn Absorption and Retention in Children From a Standard Dose
The overall objective is to determine the impact of EED on zinc absorption and homeostasis, and its impact on the absorptive capacity of vitamin A absorption of young children (18-24 months of age) in an austere setting with high…
- Conditions
- Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Zinc Deficiency, Vitamin A Deficiency
- Trial name
- ZEED1 (NCT02760095)
- Testing
- 3 mg zinc sulfate supplement, 0.5 mg of 13C10-retinyl-acetate
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced, Tinnitus, Noise Induced
Improvement of Tinnitus After Oral Zinc on Patients With Noise-induced Hearing Loss
Twenty patients with tinnitus and a typical noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) audiogram were included. Each subject underwent an otoscopic examination, distortion product otoacoustic emissions, tinnitus-match testing, Tinnitus…
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced, Tinnitus, Noise Induced, Zinc Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT02951715
- Testing
- zinc gluconate
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Zinc Deficiency
Effects of Initiation and Discontinuation of Short Term Zinc Supplementation on Plasma Zinc Concentration
This is a double-blind, randomized controlled trial conducted in men 19-65 years of age who will receive daily zinc supplements (10 or 20 mg zinc/d as zinc sulfate) or placebo for 21 days.
- Trial name
- NCT00459485
- Testing
- zinc sulfate
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Nutritional Deficiency
Zinc and Iron Bioavailability From Biofortified Pearl Millet
Populations who consume non-fortified plant-based diets are at increased risk of iron and zinc deficiencies. The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to determine the absorption of iron and zinc from pearl millet…
- Trial name
- NCT01783067
- Testing
- Pearl millet, Biofortified pearl millet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, India
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Zinc Deficiency
Effects of EED on Zn Absorption and Retention in Children From a MNP
The overall objective is to determine the impact of EED on total daily zinc absorption of young Bangladeshi children (18-24 months of age) in an austere setting with high rates of diarrhea, stunting, and micro-nutrient…
- Trial name
- ZEED2 (NCT02758444)
- Testing
- Micronutrient Powder (MNP) + 15 mg Zn, MNP + 10 mg Zn, MNP + 5 mg Zn
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Zinc Deficiency
Impact of Targeted Zinc Fortification Programs on Plasma Zinc Concentration
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the use of plasma zinc concentration for assessing the impact of targeted zinc fortification programs.
- Trial name
- NCT00944398
- Testing
- Zinc fortified food, Zinc supplement, Non-fortified food
- Where
- Senegal
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Iron Deficiency
Iron Bioavailability From Encapsulated Ferrous Sulphate
Salt is one of the very few regularly purchased food item in all socioeconomic classes including poor remote areas with subsistence farming.
- Trial name
- NCT02353325
- Testing
- non-encapsulated FeSO4, encapsulated FeSO4, before cooking, encapsulated FeSO4, after cooking
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Iron-deficiency, Anemia
Non-invasive Diagnostics of Iron Deficiency in Surgical Patients by Measuring Zinc Protoporphyrin-IX
In approx. 40% of the incidences anemia is caused by iron deficiency (= ID). In turn, preoperative iron-deficiency anemia (= IDA) is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality as well as with the need for a blood…
- Conditions
- Iron-deficiency, Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT03071497
- Testing
- Non-invasive analysis of Zinc protoporphyrin
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital
Zinc Deficiency
Evaluation of Human Zinc Absorption From Wheat-based Meals
Study part 1 and 2 Assessment of Zn absorption from regular and biofortified wheat: stable isotope absorption studies in women of childbearing age consuming test meals prepared from either the biofortified Zn wheat, regular wheat…
- Trial name
- NCT01775319
- Testing
- Biofortified wheat, Fortified wheat
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zinc Deficiency
Impact of Mass Zinc Fortification Programs on Plasma Zinc Concentration
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the use of plasma zinc concentration for assessing the impact of mass zinc fortification programs.
- Trial name
- NCT00944723
- Testing
- Zinc-fortified bread, Zinc supplement, Non-fortified bread
- Where
- Senegal
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Nutritional Deficiency
Bioavailability of Zinc and Iron From a Whey-based Protein Supplement Consumed With a Habitual Plant-based Diet
Bioavailability of iron and zinc from habitual plant-based diets consumed by young children in Mexico is low due to the high phytate content.
- Trial name
- NCT02208622
- Testing
- Study 1: Whey Supplement Day 1, Study 1: Whey Supplement Day 2, Study 2: Whey Supplement
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Mexico
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Weight Gain, Anemia, Iron Deficiency
Egg Intervention During Pregnancy in Indonesia
The study consists of two arms: 1) intervention group using eggs as supplementary food given from 2nd trimester of pregnancy to birth, and 2) observational group of pregnant mothers.
- Conditions
- Weight Gain, Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Birth Weight, Birth Length
- Trial name
- PRECODE (NCT04694235)
- Testing
- Egg intervention
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 702 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Fractional Absorption of Zinc (Focus of the Study)
Zinc Absorption From Fortified Water
A water purifying system, called LifeStrawFamily (LSF), able to fortify water with zinc to a concentration of 4 mg/l has been developed.
- Trial name
- NCT01636583
- Testing
- LSF water without meal, LSF water and inhibitory meal, Fortified inhibitory meal with water
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Individuals at Risk of Zinc Deficiency
Zinc Absorption From SQ-LNS With and Without Phytase
Background: Community based-intervention trials conducted among infants and young children in low- and middle-income countries have found that zinc supplementation of young children (in the form of liquid supplements or…
- Trial name
- NCT02668133
- Testing
- the nutritional supplement to be used in this trial is a SQ-LNS, lipid-based nutrient supplement (SQ-LNS) with phytase, 0.9 mg isotopically enriched 67Zn,0.30 mg isotopically enriched 70Zn, 0.60 mg non-enriched zinc
- Where
- The Gambia
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Zinc Deficiency
Assessment of Zinc Intake From Enriched Water and Other Dietary Sources in Kisumu, Kenya
Introduction: The prevalence of low serum zinc in children under 5 in East Seme, Kisumu is 73.5% and this is likely due at least in part to low bioavailable zinc from the local cereal-based diet.
- Trial name
- NCT02162238
- Testing
- LSF-filtering device
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 186 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Iron Deficiency
The Effect of Zinc on Iron Bioavailability From Fortified Extruded Rice Fortified With Ferric Pyrophosphate
Investigation of Iron Bioavailability from extruded rice grains fortified with Ferric Pyrophosphate alone or in combination with different Zinc Compounds; Ferrous Sulfate serves as a Reference.
- Trial name
- Rice_FeZn (NCT02255942)
- Testing
- Ferric Pyrophosphate and Zinc Oxide, Ferrous sulfate, Ferric Pyrophosphate and Zinc Sulfate
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Vitamin A Deficiency, Iron Deficiency
An Efficacy Trial of Iron, Zinc and Vitamin A Fortified Rice in Children in Satun, Thailand
Iron, zinc and vitamin A deficiencies are particularly common among children and young women in the developing countries of South and Southeast Asia resulting in important adverse health effects.
- Conditions
- Vitamin A Deficiency, Iron Deficiency, Zinc Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT01061307
- Testing
- fortified extruded rice
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland, Thailand
- Volunteers
- 203 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology