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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03353662
Date of registration: 13/11/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Public title: Sub Regional Micronutrient Survey in Ethiopia
Scientific title: The Assessment of Sub-Regional Micronutrient Deficiencies in Ethiopia to Target Bio Fortification.
Date of first enrolment: September 2018
Target sample size: 1200
Recruitment status: Unknown status
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03353662
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Ethiopia Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Colin Cercamondi, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 0041 44632 86 34
Email: colin.cercamondi@hest.ethz.ch
Affiliation: 
Name:     Kaleab Baye, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Assistant Professor and Head, Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa Univeristy, Ethiopia
Name:     Michael Zimmermann, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Professor and Head, Human Nutrition, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 5-59 months of age for children

- 15-49 years for women of reproductive age.

- The informed consent form has been read and signed by the caregiver (or has been read
out to the caregiver in case of illiteracy)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Severely wasted and underweight children (weight for height and weight for age Z score
< -3, respectively)

- Chronic or acute illness or other conditions that in the opinion of the Principle
Investigator (PI) or co-researchers would jeopardize the safety or rights of a
participant in the trial or would render the participant unable to comply with the
protocol

- Participants taking part in other studies requiring the drawing of blood

- Long-term medication (except contraceptives for women of reproductive age)

- Any severe metabolic, gastrointestinal kidney or chronic disease such as diabetes,
hepatitis, hypertension, cancer or cardiovascular diseases (according to the
participants own statement or examination of study doctor). Health records to be
checked for the same.

- Blood losses (surgery, accident), donations or transfusions during the past 4 months
before study start.



Age minimum: 5 Months
Age maximum: 49 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Vitamin A Deficiency
Zinc Deficiency
Iron-deficiency
Intervention(s)
Other: Children of Kamashi
Other: Children of Gamo Gofa
Other: Women of West Gojjam
Other: Children of West Gojjam
Other: Women of Gamo Gofa
Other: Women of Kamashi
Primary Outcome(s)
Prevalence of Zinc deficiency [Time Frame: March 2018]
Prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency [Time Frame: March 2018]
Prevalence of Anaemia [Time Frame: March 2018]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Anthropometric measurement - Weight [Time Frame: March 2018]
Inflammation Biomarker [Time Frame: March 2018]
Anthropometric measurement - Height [Time Frame: March 2018]
Inflammation biomarkers [Time Frame: March 2018]
Secondary ID(s)
Ethiopia_SRMNS
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
HarvestPlus
Addis Ababa University
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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