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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03000543
Date of registration: 14/12/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Public title: Novel Isotope Dilution Technique to Assess Vitamin A Status
Scientific title: Validation of a Novel Isotope Dilution Technique to Assess Vitamin A Status in Infants
Date of first enrolment: November 1, 2016
Target sample size: 250
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03000543
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Shaikh M Ahmad, Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:

1. 9 - 18 months of age

2. Infants with normal body temperature and normal CRP (<5 mg/L)

3. Infants receive breast milk from the mother at least once per day

4. Mothers produce a breast milk containing 30-40 nmol vitamin A /g milk fat

5. Infants received a high-dose vitamin A capsules at the time of the most recent
national distribution campaign (within the last 2-4 months)

6. Mother is 18 - 45 years of age

7. Mother and her infant plan to stay in the study area for the duration of the study

Exclusion criteria:

1. Mother or infant has chronic disease

2. Mother or infant has acute illness on the day of data collection

3. Infant is anemic (Hb <90 g/L)

4. Infant has weight for length <80% of the reference median

5. Infants do not develop inflammation (CRP =5 mg/L) after PENTA vaccination



Age minimum: 9 Months
Age maximum: 18 Months
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Healthy Infants
Infants With an Inflammatory Condition
Intervention(s)
Biological: Vaccine
Primary Outcome(s)
Vitamin A pool size in infants with or without inflammation [Time Frame: Kinetic study for 28 days for each of the 2 groups of infants]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
PR-14126
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Newcastle University
Ethics review
Results
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