Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT03140696 |
Other study ID # |
PR-16094 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
March 30, 2017 |
Est. completion date |
August 30, 2019 |
Study information
Verified date |
January 2021 |
Source |
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
This formative research seeks to explore the use of egg (as a potential source of protein) as
nutritional supplement for young children aged 6-8 months of either sex and breast milk
composition of mothers of infants under 6 months old living in an urban slum of Dhaka city,
Bangladesh.
Description:
Inadequate dietary protein intake and prolonged undernourishment can lead to short term and
long-term consequences, which can deplete financial, physical, and social capital, further
exacerbating the cycle of undernutrition. Subsequently, undernutrition contributes to the
difficulty in achieving sustainable development and alleviating people from poverty. Children
are a particular focus of interest because of the formative impact that nutrition can have on
development. This is particularly relevant for the 159 million children from low and
middle-income countries (LMICs) who are already stunted and many more are at risk of
stunting. Understanding how to prevent child undernutrition is imperative to the future
development of these children from LMICs. There is no study done so far to understand the
quantity, preference and quality of egg protein intake in young children living in LMICs with
high burden of undernutrition. In this context, eggs can serve as a potential source of
protein to meet the unmet need of protein especially children living in resource-poor
environments. Eggs contain high concentrations of choline - an important precursor of
phospholipids, which can prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes, neural tube defects, changes in
brain structure and function in offspring, and impaired language development during early
childhood. Evidence is limited on the support of egg-related interventions for better
nutrition outcomes in children from developing countries. Also there is very little evidence
on the association between mother's breast milk composition with child's nutritional status.