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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 5 February 2018
Main ID:  ACTRN12617001033336
Date of registration: 17/07/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Endeavour College of natural health
Public title: A pilot trial examining the absorption of oral forms of folic acid supplementation in a healthy population
Scientific title: A pilot trial examining the absorption of oral forms of folic acid supplementation in a healthy population
Date of first enrolment: 7/08/2017
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12617001033336.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial  Parallel
Phase:  Not Applicable
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Increasing serum folate levels
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Participants in the intervention group will be randomly allocated into one of three groups. They will take 500 mcg of either folic acid, folinic acid or 5-MTHF oral supplements once per day for 4 weeks. A supplement diary will be provided for participants to indicate when they have taken their supplements. Participant are also asked to bring there supplement pots back at the conclusion of the trial so that any remaining supplements can be counted and recorded to assess compliance.

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