Efficacy of Bifidus DR10 and Oligo Saccharides / Micronutrient Fortification of Milk

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2004-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate effect or fortifying milk with pre and probiotics or with micronutrients on prevention of diarrhea, pneumonia and other childhood illnesses and improvement in growth and development.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Collaborator: Annamalai University
• Treatments: Micronutrients; Trace Elements; Zinc

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children aged 12-36 months at enrollment

• Resident of Sangam Vihar and likely to be in the area for 1 year.

• Parents consenting to participate in the trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children who have been given complete therapeutic/preventive course of Iron in the last 6 months.

• Children currently as part of a different Iron/Zinc supplementation program.

• Children known to be allergic to milk.

• Children who are severely malnourished and requiring hospitalization.