Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial (RPCT) of Maize/Zinc in Guatemala

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Malnutrition is a serious health problem in the developing world. This study looks at the effects of changing the type of basic food staple (corn) used in Guatemala and infant zinc supplementation on infants' growth, development, and illnesses from infectious diseases.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: NICHD Global Network for Women's and Children's Health
• Collaborators: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment, Aging and Metabolism; Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health; Foundation for Alimentation and Nutrition, Central America and Panama; Global Network for Women's and Children's Health Research; John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC); National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH); National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR); RTI International; University of Colorado, Denver; USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
• Treatments: Zinc

Criteria

Inclusion criteria:

• Informed consent of mother

• Mother between the ages of 18 and 40 years

• Mother typically eats homemade tortillas

• Mother typically eats a minimum of 15 homemade tortillas per day.

• Mother resides in a community served by the Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Community Health Center in the Western Highlands of Guatemala

Exclusion criteria:

• Other member of the dwelling unti already enrolled in the study.

• Mother has more than eight living children.