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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT04156321
Date of registration: 17/10/2019
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Public title: Moringa Oleifera (Drumstick Leaves) for Improving Haemoglobin, Vitamin A Status and Underweight Among Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: A Quasi-experimental Study Moringa
Scientific title: Moringa Oleifera (Drumstick Leaves) for Improving Haemoglobin, Vitamin A Status and Underweight Among Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: A Quasi-experimental Study
Date of first enrolment: September 1, 2019
Target sample size: 226
Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04156321
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Mansura Khanam, Msc
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Affiliation:  Research Investigator,NCSD, icddr,b
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

-Unmarried adolescent girls aged 12-14 years will be enrolled from the selected high
schools in our study,

Exclusion Criteria:

- Participants will be excluded if they are taking other nutritional supplements
(vitamins and minerals) as this might affect the level of hemoglobin and other
micronutrients that we intend to measure.

- Also adolescent girls with documented medical records of chronic diseases will be
excluded.



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: 14 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Assess the Impact of Moringa Leaves on Serum Heamoglobin and Vitamin A Level Among the Adolescent Girls
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Moringa fry
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in 2 biochemical markers (serum haemoglobin and retinol level) [Time Frame: At baseline, 3 months and 6 months of intervention]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes in nutritional status [Time Frame: At baseline, 3 months and 6 months of intervention]
Secondary ID(s)
PR-19060
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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