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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02627222
Other study ID # CASSAVITA II
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date December 2015
Est. completion date December 2016

Study information

Verified date January 2020
Source Wageningen University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study comprises an open-label randomized controlled trial investigating the efficacy of consuming a daily ration of pro-vitamin A biofortified cassava on vitamin A status of Nigerian children, aged 3-4 years old (n=200).


Description:

Objective: The primary objective is to assess the efficacy of daily consumption of pro-vitamin A rich cassava during 10 weeks on body retinol pools of 3-4 year old children in Nigeria after high-dose vitamin A supplementation. The secondary objectives are: 1) To investigate the effect of daily consumption of pro-vitamin A rich cassava on functional indicators such as nutritional anaemia and gut integrity; 2) To investigate the effect of zinc deficiency and genetic polymorphisms in the Beta-Carotene Oxygenase 1 (BCO1) and related genes on the efficacy of pro-vitamin A rich cassava consumption; 3) To compare the skin colour in the palm of the hand of each participant with their serum retinol levels using a handheld non-invasive spectrophotometer.

Study design: Open-label (single-blinded) randomized controlled trial with two parallel groups Study population: Pre-school children, aged 3-4 years living in Osun State area, South-Western Nigeria. Children (n=750) will be screened for eligibility. Out of these, n=250 will undergo a 4-week run-in phase. n=200 children will be randomly allocated to two different treatments: 1) Yellow cassava providing ~50% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamin A; 2) White cassava.

Main study parameters/endpoints: The primary outcome was the difference in body retinol pools between groups 1 and 2 at the end of intervention; however, due to the inability to assess body retinol pools, the modified primary outcome is the difference in serum retinol concentrations between groups 1 and 2. Other outcome measures include: other vitamin A status indicators (β-carotene, retinol binding protein, transthyretin), inflammatory markers, iron status indicators, anthropometrics, gut integrity, and thyroid function.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 176
Est. completion date December 2016
Est. primary completion date May 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 36 Months to 59 Months
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Aged 36 - 59 months (verified by birth certificates, vaccination cards or other formal documentation)

- Apparently healthy

- Parental informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Frequently absent (>20% of feeding days) during run-in

- Children not assenting during blood collections

- Signs or history of infectious or systemic diseases (e.g. tuberculosis, sickle cell anaemia)

- Mental status that is incompatible with the proper conduct of the study

- Current participation in other research

- Food allergy related to the intervention foods

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Pro-vitamin A biofortified cassava
Pro-vitamin A biofortified cassava is the product of international conventional breeding programs (non-GMO) in order to increase the pro-vitamin A content of cassava for improved nutritional intake
White cassava
Conventional white cassava

Locations

Country Name City State
Nigeria Department of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan Ibadan

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Wageningen University International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, University of Ibadan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Nigeria, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Serum betacarotene Difference in serum retinol concentration between groups 13 weeks
Other Retinol binding protein Difference in serum retinol binding protein concentration between groups 13 weeks
Other Urinary thiocyanate Difference in urinary thiocyanate concentration between groups 11 weeks
Other Thyroid function indicators Difference in serum thyroid function indicators between groups 13 weeks
Other Serum zinc Effect modification by baseline zinc deficiency Baseline
Other Genetic polymorphisms in the BCO1 gene Effect modification by BCO1 polymorphisms Baseline
Other Inflammatory markers C-reactive protein, alpha glycoprotein Baseline and end of study
Other Malaria A-symptomatic malaria Baseline and end of study
Primary Body retinol pool (omitted) Difference in body retinol pools between groups 13 weeks
Primary (Modified primary outcome): Serum retinol Difference in serum retinol pools between groups 13 weeks
Secondary Anaemia Difference in haemoglobin concentration between groups 13 weeks
Secondary Gut integrity Difference in gut integrity between groups 11 weeks
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