Status:
COMPLETED
Measuring Dietary Iron Absorption From Edible Insects and Assessing the Effect of Chitin Content on Iron Bioavailability (Study 1)
Lead Sponsor:
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Collaborating Sponsors:
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Conditions:
Iron-deficiency
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Due to the growing world population, there is a need to develop viable ecological and nutritional alternatives to animal food products. However, animal products are a key dietary source of well-absorb...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Female, 18 to 45 years old
- Normal Body Mass Index (18.5 - 25 kg/m2)
- Body weight ≤ 65 kg
- Non-anemic (hemoglobin (Hb) \>12.0 g/dL)
- Low iron status (being in the lower half of the serum ferritin distribution at screening)
- Normal CRP (\<5.0 mg/L), indicating no inflammation
- Knowledge of English at least at level B2 (assessed by self-declaration)
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion
- Pregnancy (assessed by self-declaration)
- Lactating up to 6 weeks before study initiation
- Any metabolic, gastrointestinal kidney or chronic disease such as diabetes, hepatitis, hypertension, cancer or cardiovascular diseases (according to the participants own statement)
- Continuous/long-term use of medication (except for oral contraceptives and anti-acne medication)
- Consumption of mineral and vitamin supplements within 2 weeks prior to 1st meal administration
- Blood transfusion, blood donation or significant blood loss (accident, surgery) over the past 4 months
- Earlier participation in a study using iron stable isotopes or participation in any clinical study within the last 30 days
- Participant who cannot be expected to comply with study protocol e.g. not available on certain study appointments
- Cigarette smoking ( \> 1 cigarette per day)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 26 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 9 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
21 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04510831
Start Date
October 26 2020
End Date
December 9 2020
Last Update
June 13 2022
Active Locations (1)
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ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Human Nutrition
Zurich, Switzerland, 8092