Folic Acid Supplementation as an Appetizer in Primary Malnourished Egyptian Infants and Children

Phase 4

• Conditions: Primary Malnurtrition
• Interventions: Drug: Folic Acid

• Registration Number: NCT03040219
• Lead Sponsor: Ain Shams University

Brief Summary

Folic acid as a appetizer in primary malnutrition

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-31
• Study First Posted: 2017-02-02
• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-14
• Study Start: 2017-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-11-01
• Study Completion: 2017-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Primary malnourished children

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Exclusion Criteria

• previous folic supplementation in the past 3 months

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment group	Folic Acid	-
Control	Folic Acid	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Appetite	Through study completion_ after 3 months from start of supplementation	Child eating behaviour questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Leptin and ghrelin hormone	3 months	Serum level

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Marian girgis; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt