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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01282788
Date of registration: 21/01/2011
Primary sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Public title: Efficacy of Caterpillar Cereal for Complementary Feeding in the Democratic Republic of Congo CAT02
Scientific title: A Novel Sustainable Complementary Feeding Product for Infants and Young Children in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Caterpillar Cereal
Date of first enrolment: January 2011
Target sample size: 220
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01282788
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Congo
Contacts
Name:   Carl L Bose, MD
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Affiliation:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Infants born in study communities who will reach 6 months of age during the six month
period after initiation of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Infants likely to receive free or subsidized complementary foods (or infant formula)

- Families likely to relocate during the study period

- Infants with known congenital anomaly

- Infants of multiple birth

- Infants with neurological deficit apparent at the time of enrollment



Age minimum: 6 Months
Age maximum: 18 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Infectious Diseases Morbidity
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Malnutrition
Neurodevelopmental Impairment
Stunting of Growth
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Caterpillar Cereal
Other: Traditional Diet
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of Stunting of Linear Growth [Time Frame: 18 months of age]
Secondary Outcome(s)
All Cause Mortality [Time Frame: 6-18 months]
Compliance [Time Frame: 6-18 months]
Developmental Outcome [Time Frame: 18 months of age]
Incidence of wasting [Time Frame: 18 months of age]
Infectious Disease Morbidity [Time Frame: 6-18 months]
Iron Deficiency Anemia [Time Frame: 18 months]
Rate of Head Growth [Time Frame: 18 months of age]
Secondary ID(s)
10-2071
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Kinshasa School of Public Health
Thrasher Research Fund
University of California, Davis
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