Status:
COMPLETED
Acceptability of a Cereal for Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children Made From Caterpillars
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
Kinshasa School of Public Health
University of California, Davis
Conditions:
Malnutrition
Stunting of Growth
Eligibility:
All Genders
8-10 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Two in every three infants in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suffer from stunting of linear growth by 12 months of age. Stunting presumably results from breast milk supplementat...
Detailed Description
In preparation for a controlled study of the efficacy of daily intake of caterpillar cereal versus the usual diet from 6 to 18 months of age in reducing the rate of stunting of linear growth, and the ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Any mother-infant dyad living within each a study community in the Equateur Province. Infants must be 8-10 months of age at the time of recruitment.
Exclusion
- Infants with minor inter-current illness that may interfere with oral intake
- Infants of multiple gestation births
- Infants with congenital anomalies
- Infants likely to receive free or subsidized complementary foods (or infant formula)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01258647
Start Date
October 1 2010
End Date
October 1 2010
Last Update
August 30 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Kinshasa School of Public Health
Kinshasa, Republic of the Congo, B.P. 11850