Impact of Preventive and Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation Programs Among Young Children

NCT ID: NCT00944359

Last Updated: 2018-07-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

7680 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-12-31

Study Completion Date

2012-02-29

Brief Summary

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Zinc supplementation can either be provided in a lower daily dose to prevent zinc deficiency or in a higher dose for 10-14 days as part of the treatment of diarrhea. It is important to determine how best to integrate programs designed either to prevent zinc deficiency or to treat diarrhea.

The overall objective of this project is to determine the most effective approach to prevent zinc deficiency and treat diarrhea, such that a single approach could provide the maximal beneficial impact on the health and nutritional status of young children and greatest simplicity of implementation.

Detailed Description

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This is a single-center cluster- and household-randomized, partially masked, community-based efficacy trial of zinc supplementation. The study sample consists of 5 study groups in one region, with 34 clusters randomly assigned to 3 types of intervention communities.

Communities will be randomly assigned to 1) early intervention communities, 2) later intervention communities, 3) non-intervention communities. Within each intervention cluster, children will be randomly assigned to the intervention group at the household level. Children aged 6-27 months at enrollment will be eligible. The study duration is 12 months.

The investigators will assess the relative impact of daily preventive zinc supplementation (7 mg zinc/d for one year), intermittent preventive supplementation (10 mg zinc/d for 10 days every three months for one year), and zinc treatment during episodes of diarrhea (20 mg zinc/d for 10 days beginning with each episode of diarrhea during one year). Outcomes that will be assessed include the incidence and duration of all episodes of diarrhea, the incidence of malaria, physical growth, and (in a sub-group) biochemical indicators of zinc, iron and vitamin A status.

Conditions

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Zinc Deficiency Diarrhea Malaria

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Daily preventive Zn; placebo treatment

7 mg zinc per day for 12 months and placebo supplement during diarrhea episode

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Daily preventive Zn; placebo treatment

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

7 mg zinc / day and placebo supplement during diarrhea episodes

Therapeutic Zn; daily placebo

20 mg of zinc for 10 days during episodes of diarrhea and daily placebo supplement

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Therapeutic Zn; daily placebo

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

20 mg zinc / day for 10 days during diarrhea episodes and daily placebo supplement

Intermittent Zn; placebo treatment

10 mg zinc for 10 days every 3 months, daily placebo during 80 days of 3 months period and placebo during diarrhea episode

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Intermittent Zn; placebo treatment

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

10 mg zinc for 10 days every 3 months, placebo supplements daily for all other days during 12 months; placebo supplements during diarrhea episodes

Surveillance control group

Surveillance control group will be randomly assigned to intervention groups every 3 months

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Surveillance control group

Intervention Type OTHER

Active weekly morbidity surveillance for 3 months. New surveillance control group will be randomly assigned to intervention groups every 3 months

Non-intervention

Standard care provided by health system

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Daily preventive Zn; placebo treatment

7 mg zinc / day and placebo supplement during diarrhea episodes

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Therapeutic Zn; daily placebo

20 mg zinc / day for 10 days during diarrhea episodes and daily placebo supplement

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Intermittent Zn; placebo treatment

10 mg zinc for 10 days every 3 months, placebo supplements daily for all other days during 12 months; placebo supplements during diarrhea episodes

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Surveillance control group

Active weekly morbidity surveillance for 3 months. New surveillance control group will be randomly assigned to intervention groups every 3 months

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Nutriset preventive zinc and therapeutic placebo supplement Nutriset ZinCfant Nutriset zinc supplement

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 6-27 months of age
* Plan to remain in study area for 1 year

Exclusion Criteria

* Evidence of congenital abnormalities and chronic infection
* Severe anemia and severe acute malnutrition
* Consumption of micronutrient supplementation including zinc
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

27 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helen Keller International

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Thrasher Research Fund

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian International Development Agency

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, Davis

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Kenneth H Brown, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, Davis

Locations

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Institut de Recherche en Science de la Sante

Bobo-Dioulasso, , Burkina Faso

Site Status

Countries

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Burkina Faso

References

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Becquey E, Ouedraogo CT, Hess SY, Rouamba N, Prince L, Ouedraogo JB, Vosti SA, Brown KH. Comparison of Preventive and Therapeutic Zinc Supplementation in Young Children in Burkina Faso: A Cluster-Randomized, Community-Based Trial. J Nutr. 2016 Oct;146(10):2058-2066. doi: 10.3945/jn.116.230128. Epub 2016 Aug 3.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 27489011 (View on PubMed)

Hess SY, Peerson JM, Becquey E, Abbeddou S, Ouedraogo CT, Some JW, Yakes Jimenez E, Ouedraogo JB, Vosti SA, Rouamba N, Brown KH. Differing growth responses to nutritional supplements in neighboring health districts of Burkina Faso are likely due to benefits of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS). PLoS One. 2017 Aug 3;12(8):e0181770. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181770. eCollection 2017.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 28771493 (View on PubMed)

Imdad A, Rogner J, Sherwani RN, Sidhu J, Regan A, Haykal MR, Tsistinas O, Smith A, Chan XHS, Mayo-Wilson E, Bhutta ZA. Zinc supplementation for preventing mortality, morbidity, and growth failure in children aged 6 months to 12 years. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Mar 30;3(3):CD009384. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009384.pub3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36994923 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Zinc 7-20

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

222218

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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