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Last refreshed on: 26 September 2016
Main ID:  NCT02438774
Date of registration: 06/05/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority
Public title: Intervention in Minimizing Aflatoxins and Fumonisins Exposure to Children Through Food and Breastfeeding in Tanzania
Scientific title: Effectiveness of Post-harvest Intervention Package in Minimizing Aflatoxins and Fumonisins Exposure to Infants and Young Children Through Maize Based Complementary Foods and Breastfeeding in Rural Tanzania
Date of first enrolment: November 2013
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02438774
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Tanzania
Contacts
Name:     Martin E Kimanya, PhD
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Affiliation:  The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania
Name:     Analice A Kamala, MSc
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Affiliation:  Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Infants aged 0-8 months at the time of recruitment into the study

- Infants currently being breastfed

- Parents anticipated local residence, maize grower and capacity of storing maize for
the period not less than six months after harvest

Exclusion Criteria:

- Abnormalities impairing feeding or physical growth measurements



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 8 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Growth Retardation
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: post-harvest intervention package
Behavioral: Routine agriculture extension services
Primary Outcome(s)
Reduction in aflatoxins and fumonisins contamination in maize and in breast milk after 6 months of intervention [Time Frame: after 6 months of intervention]
Secondary Outcome(s)
The proportion of children exceeding the health based guidance value of aflatoxins and fumonisins Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) or provisional Maximum Tolerable Daily Intake (PTWI) [Time Frame: after 6 months of intervention]
Document post-harvest practices that are effective in reducing contamination of maize with aflatoxins and fumonisins [Time Frame: after 6 months of intervention]
Differences in weight - for- age Z-score for intervention and control groups after the intervention [Time Frame: after 6 months of intervention]
Secondary ID(s)
TZ-2011
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University Ghent
VLIR-UOS
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania
International Foundation for Science
The Open University of Tanzania
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