The Effect of Vitamin A With and Without Zinc and Multivitamin Supplementation on Malaria Morbidity in Ghanaian Children

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 29 August 2016
• Main ID: NCT02878265
• Date of registration: 16/08/2016
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: University of Ghana
• Public title: The Effect of Vitamin A With and Without Zinc and Multivitamin Supplementation on Malaria Morbidity in Ghanaian Children
• Scientific title: The Effect of Vitamin A With and Without Zinc and Multivitamin Supplementation on Malaria Morbidity in Ghanaian Children
• Date of first enrolment: November 2011
• Target sample size: 547
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02878265
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Bio-availability Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Phase: Phase 3

Countries of recruitment

Ghana

Contacts

• Name: Patricia k Brown, PhD
• Affiliation: Kwame Nkrumah Univeristy of Science and Technolgy

• Name: Wilhelmina A Mensah, Mphil
• Affiliation: University of Ghana

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- under 5years

- will stay in the community for 10years

Exclusion Criteria:

- chronic diseases



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Malaria

Intervention(s)

Dietary Supplement: Vitamin A

Dietary Supplement: Vitamin A and ZInc

Dietary Supplement: Vitamin A , Zinc and Multivitamin

Primary Outcome(s)

Incidence of clinical malaria attacks [Time Frame: Baseline and every month up to six months]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Incidence of diarrhea attacks [Time Frame: Every month up to six months]

Secondary ID(s)

VAZ20016

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology