Clinical trials: Fortification
Nutritional Deficiencies, Developmental Delay
Project Grow Smart: Intervention Trial of Multiple Micronutrients and Early Learning Among Infants in India
Project Grow Smart evaluates the impact fortification with multiple micronutrient powders (MNP) vs. placebo (one vitamin) on child development (primary outcome) and on micronutrient status, growth, and morbidity (secondary…
- Trial name
- GrowSmart (NCT01660958)
- Testing
- MNP, Early Learning
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 834 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Bacterial Infections
Changes in Microbiota and Iron Status After Iron Fortification of Complementary Foods
Infants and children under two years are the group with the highest rates of iron deficiency anemia. Provision of sufficient dietary iron to this age group is a challenge, and in-home iron fortification of complementary foods…
- Trial name
- NCT01111864
- Testing
- fortification with iron and micronutrients, Sprinkles
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Premature Infants
Post-Discharge Growth and Development of Infants Who Received Targeted Fortification in the NICU
Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants are at risk for slow growth, metabolic abnormalities, and poor neurodevelopmental outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT04190875
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Iron Deficiency
Mineral Absorption From Fortified Rice Produced With Different Fortification Techniques
The investigators studies will compare iron, respectively iron and zinc bioavailability from fortified rice produced from different fortification techniques using stable isotopic labels.
- Trial name
- NCT02572128
- Testing
- Fortified rice
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Vitamin D Deficiency
The Influence of Food Matrix Delivery System on the Bioavailability of Vitamin D3
This study investigates the influence of different food matrices on the bioavailability of vitamin D. Although most vitamin D comes from skin synthesis in response to sun exposure, dietary intake is also important - especially…
- Trial name
- DFORT (NCT03783273)
- Testing
- Vitamin D3, Whey protein-complex, Water
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Vitamin D Status, Healthy
Comparison of the Efficacy of Calcium-cholecalciferol Foodstuffs and Calcium-cholecalciferol Supplement
This study is conducted in two phases. At the first phase, the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in primary school-children in Tehran is determined during the cold seasons of 2008.
- Trial name
- NCT00864539
- Testing
- fortified milk, plain milk, fortified orange juice
- Volunteers
- 585 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Nutrition and Food Technology Institute
Iron Deficiencies
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Multiple-micronutrient Fortified Maize Pap on the Nutrient Status of Nigerian School-aged Children
A new product was developed by FrieslandCampina for Sub-Saharan Africa as affordable nutrition to nourish Nigerian families of low to middle-socioeconomic class (SEC).
- Trial name
- NCT06251427
- Testing
- Multiple micronutrient fortified maize with milk
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 934 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FrieslandCampina
Very Low Birth Weight Infant
Individualized Fortification of Human Milk for Infants Born ≤ 1250 g (MaxiMoM-InForM)
Very low birth weight infants have increased nutritional needs. Extra nutrients are added to their human milk feeds to help improve their nutritional status, growth and neurodevelopment.
- Trial name
- NCT05308134
- Testing
- Standard fortification, Target fortification, BUN adjustable fortification
- Where
- 20 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 615 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Healthy Participants, Non-anemic Children
Ferrous Fumarate and Ferric Pyrophosphate as Food Fortificants in Developing Countries
Iron fortification of foods is usually considered the most cost-effective approach to prevent iron deficiency. However, iron is the most difficult mineral to add to foods.
- Conditions
- Healthy Participants, Non-anemic Children, Helicobacter Pylori Infection
- Trial name
- NCT00867867
- Testing
- Ferrous fumarate, Ferric pyrophosphate
- Volunteers
- 235 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh