Thinking Zinc: a Study of Zinc Supplements on the Navajo Nation

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a study to assess the effect of dietary zinc supplementation to mitigate biomarkers of metal toxicity in exposed tribal populations.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of New Mexico
• Treatments: Picolinic acid; Zinc

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men or women between the ages of 21 and 64 years of age

• Lives in or near the participating communities of Blue Gap-Tachee Arizona or Red Water Pond Road Community New Mexico

• Willing to provide blood and urine samples

• Willing to attend study visits on scheduled dates

• Willing to take a daily zinc supplement

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who are pregnant or nursing or women who plan to become pregnant during the course of the study.

• Individuals who have self-reported diabetes, report that they are undergoing treatment for diabetes, or are currently taking medication for diabetes.

• Known or suspected allergy to zinc.

• Individuals previously diagnosed with syndromes of copper homeostasis (Menkes disease or Wilsons disease).

• Individuals consuming zinc supplements or multivitamins and are unwilling to stop for the duration of the study.