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Last refreshed on: 13 June 2016
Main ID:  NCT02221063
Date of registration: 18/08/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of British Columbia
Public title: Thiamin Fortified Fish Sauce as a Means of Combating Infantile Beriberi in Rural Cambodia
Scientific title: Thiamin Fortified Fish Sauce as a Means of Combating Infantile Beriberi in Rural Cambodia
Date of first enrolment: October 2014
Target sample size: 366
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02221063
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
Cambodia
Contacts
Name:     Tim J Green, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of British Columbia
Name:     Judy McLean, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of British Columbia
Name:     Zaman Talukder, MPH
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Affiliation:  Helen Keller International
Name:     Kyly C Whitfield, MSc
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Affiliation:  University of British Columbia
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Women of Childbearing Age Cohort:

- be the female head of their household,

- have at least one child between 12 - 59 months of age at baseline,

- be living in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, and not planning to move in the next six
months,

- agree to exclusively feed her entire household the study fish sauce for six months,
and

- be willing to provide venous blood samples at baseline and endline.

Pregnant Women Cohort:

- be the female head of their household,

- be ~3-8 mo pregnant with a singleton fetus at baseline,

- have no prior history of preeclampsia, pre-term delivery, or birth defects,

- know her approximate due date,

- be living in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, and not planning to move in the next six
months,

- agree to exclusively feed her entire household the study fish sauce for six months,
and

- be willing to provide venous blood samples at baseline and endline, a breast milk
sample at endline, and to allow for a blood sample to be taken from her infant (aged
~3 months) at endline.

Exclusion Criteria:

Women of Childbearing Age Cohort:

- not be receiving any other intervention (for example, homestead food production),

- not be pregnant or hoping to become pregnant within the next 6 months, and

- not be taking any supplement that contains thiamin.

Pregnant Women Cohort:

- not be receiving any other intervention (for example, homestead food production), and

- not be taking any supplement that contains thiamin.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Thiamin Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Other: Placebo fish sauce
Other: Thiamin fortified fish sauce (low concentration)
Other: Thiamin fortified fish sauce (higher concentration)
Primary Outcome(s)
Erythrocyte thiamin diphosphate [Time Frame: Baseline (t=0), Endline (t=6 months)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Breast milk thiamin concentration [Time Frame: Endline (t=6 months)]
Secondary ID(s)
S6 0490-01-10
H14-00103
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Grand Challenges Canada
International Development Research Centre, Canada
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Helen Keller International
Ethics review
Results
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