Chilenje Infant Growth, Nutrition and Infection Study

Completed

• Conditions: Infant growth faltering; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Infant growth

• Registration Number: ISRCTN37460449
• Lead Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (USA)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 800

Inclusion Criteria

Infants aged 6 months and resident in Chilenje, Zambia whose mothers agree:
1. To prepare and feed their infants for 12 months the food supplied to them
2. To attend the specified clinic or home visits
3. To let their infants undergo specified urine collection and blood sampling
4. To permit the infants to be tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

Exclusion Criteria

Non-fulfilment of inclusion criteria or evidence of chronic disease (active tuberculosis [TB], symptomatic HIV)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of stunting

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Body composition<br>2. Indices of iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), selenium (Se) and vitamin A status<br>3. Morbidity<br>4. Gastrointestinal permeability<br>5. Response to oral polio vaccine<br>6. Behavioural development<br>7. Development of chronic childhood viral infections