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NCT number NCT03313089
Other study ID # 37460
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date July 7, 2017
Est. completion date November 26, 2017

Study information

Verified date October 2018
Source Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The effectiveness of micronutrient powders or MNP as a strategy for the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies has been described in the literature. However, few studies have shown the impact of the inclusion of other simultaneous actions on the different dimensions of food and nutritional security (as in the case of the project "Papas más nutritivas") that will contribute to the improvement of nutritional status, obtaining potentially greater benefits.

The objective is to establish the existence of difference in hemoglobin values (and other biochemical parameters as secondary outcomes) among children aged 6 months to 5 years who receive home fortification with micronutrient powders (MNP) belonging to the project "Papas más nutritivas", and children with home fortification with MNP but not belonging to the project.


Description:

Micronutrient deficiency is a public health problem. At the national level according to ENSIN 2010, in Colombia the prevalence of anemia in children of 6 to 59 months is 27.5%; of 24.3% for vitamin A deficiency in children between 1 and 4 years of age; and in the case of zinc deficiency, the prevalence is of 43.3% of children under 5 years of age. According to FAO and WHO, different strategies for overcoming micronutrient deficiencies need to be combined and balanced in order to achieve maximum impact.

The project "Papas más nutritivas" ("Ampliación de la producción de papas amarillas más nutritivas en Colombia (CIFSRF phase 2) / Scaling up synergetic strategies in agriculture and nutrition in rural communities of Colombia") funded by the IDRC-International Development Research Center, through the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CISFR) and implemented by the McGILL University Canada and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia involve, in addition to the expansion of production of the new varieties of yellow potatoes, other activities such as Community Schools of Family Agriculture, training schools of leader and managers in sovereignty and food and nutritional security, strengthening of the shagra (home garden) and home fortification with micronutrients powders, seeking to improve the quality of life and nutritional status of families of potato producers for the scope of the food and nutritional security.

The effectiveness of micronutrient powders or MNP as a strategy for the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies has been described in the literature. However, few studies have shown the impact of the inclusion of other simultaneous actions on the different dimensions of food and nutritional security (as in the case of the project "Papas más nutritivas") that will contribute to the improvement of nutritional status, obtaining potentially greater benefits.

Objective: To establish the existence of difference in hemoglobin values among children aged 6 months to 5 years who receive home fortification with micronutrient powders (MNP) belonging to the project "Papas más nutritivas", and children with home fortification with MNP but not belonging to the project.

Methodology: Prospective cohort. Two groups are established: the first, children exposed to the activities of the project "Papas más nutritivas" + MNP (PSAN+MNP group) , and the second, children exposed only to MNP (MNP group). We will try to include 140 children (70 for each of the groups), this sample gives us a power of 90% to find a delta of 0.5.

Blood samples will be obtained to evaluate the biochemical parameters: Hemoglobin (determined by HemoCue), Ferritin, Transferrin, Zinc, vitamin A, C-reactive-ultrasensitive protein, before MNP fortification and when it finished.

For statistical analysis, a descriptive analysis of both PSAN + MNP and MNP groups will be carried out on sociodemographic variables, health status and nutritional status. The continuous variables will be expressed with their measures of central tendency and dispersion, for the categorical variables absolute and relative frequencies will be used. The hypothesis of equality of pre and post treatment hemoglobin differences between the groups (PSAN + MNP versus MNP) will be analyzed using a Student t test or Mann Whitney test, depending on whether the data follow a normal distribution. A statistically significant p value corresponding to 0.05 will be considered. The other secondary outcome variables (vitamin A, zinc, ferritin, transferrin) will be similarly analyzed. In order to control the systematic differences in the baseline characteristics between the intervention and control groups, it is proposed to use Propensity Score, which will include the variables of sex, age and other sociodemographic and nutritional variables considered potentially confusing. The score of the propensity score model will be used as a covariate in a linear regression model where it will be adjusted further by the pre-test values of the intervention (ANCOVA). An unadjusted preliminary analysis (initially described) will be presented and then a new analysis with the proposed adjustment. An additional analysis will be performed for the ferritin variable excluding patients with high CRP values.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 112
Est. completion date November 26, 2017
Est. primary completion date November 26, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers
Gender All
Age group 6 Months to 5 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Boys and girls of 6 months to 5 years of age receiving home fortification with micronutrient powders.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Children who are consuming nutritional complements or supplements.

- Children undergoing treatment for anemia or other micronutrient deficiencies.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
"Papas más nutritivas" (PSAN)
Activities of the project "Papas más nutritivas"

Locations

Country Name City State
Colombia Universidad Nacional de Colombia Bogotá

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Universidad Nacional de Colombia International Development Research Centre, Canada, McGill University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Colombia, 

References & Publications (16)

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Andrew A, Attanasio O, Fitzsimons E, Rubio-Codina M. Why is multiple micronutrient powder ineffective at reducing anaemia among 12-24 month olds in Colombia? Evidence from a randomised controlled trial. SSM Popul Health. 2016 Mar 7;2:95-104. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.02.004. eCollection 2016 Dec. — View Citation

Attanasio OP, Fernández C, Fitzsimons EO, Grantham-McGregor SM, Meghir C, Rubio-Codina M. Using the infrastructure of a conditional cash transfer program to deliver a scalable integrated early child development program in Colombia: cluster randomized controlled trial. BMJ. 2014 Sep 29;349:g5785. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5785. Erratum in: BMJ. 2014;349:g6126. — View Citation

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Black R. Micronutrient deficiency--an underlying cause of morbidity and mortality. Bull World Health Organ. 2003;81(2):79. Epub 2003 Mar 25. — View Citation

De-Regil LM, Suchdev PS, Vist GE, Walleser S, Peña-Rosas JP. Home fortification of foods with multiple micronutrient powders for health and nutrition in children under two years of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Sep 7;(9):CD008959. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008959.pub2. Review. — View Citation

Del Castillo SE, Mosquera T, Suárez EL, Heredia P. Nutritional Situation of Rural Communities in Nariño, Colombia 2013. Food and Nutrition Sciences (5): 1521-1528, 2014

Hotz C, Pelto G, Armar-Klemesu M, Ferguson EF, Chege P, Musinguzi E. Constraints and opportunities for implementing nutrition-specific, agricultural and market-based approaches to improve nutrient intake adequacy among infants and young children in two regions of rural Kenya. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Dec;11 Suppl 3:39-54. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12245. — View Citation

Inayati DA, Scherbaum V, Purwestri RC, Wirawan NN, Suryantan J, Hartono S, Bloem MA, Pangaribuan RV, Biesalski HK, Hoffmann V, Bellows AC. Combined intensive nutrition education and micronutrient powder supplementation improved nutritional status of mildly wasted children on Nias Island, Indonesia. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2012;21(3):361-73. — View Citation

Jack SJ, Ou K, Chea M, Chhin L, Devenish R, Dunbar M, Eang C, Hou K, Ly S, Khin M, Prak S, Reach R, Talukder A, Tokmoh LO, Leon de la Barra S, Hill PC, Herbison P, Gibson RS. Effect of micronutrient sprinkles on reducing anemia: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Sep;166(9):842-50. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1003. — View Citation

Ministerio de la Protección Social. Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar. ENSIN 2010- Encuesta Nacional de Situación Nutricional en Colombia 2010. Ed. Bogotá: 2011.

Ministerio De Salud y Protección Social. Estrategia Nacional para la Prevención y Control de las Deficiencias de Micronutrientes en Colombia 2014 - 2021. Bogotá D.C., Colombia. 2015.

OMS. Directriz: Uso de micronutrientes en polvo para la fortificación domiciliaria de los alimentos consumidos por lactantes y niños de 6 a 23 meses de edad. Ginebra, Organización Mundial de la Salud, 2012.

Osei AK, Pandey P, Spiro D, Adhikari D, Haselow N, De Morais C, Davis D. Adding multiple micronutrient powders to a homestead food production programme yields marginally significant benefit on anaemia reduction among young children in Nepal. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Dec;11 Suppl 4:188-202. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12173. — View Citation

World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Guidelines on Food Fortification with Micronutrients. Editado por Lindsay Allen y cols.

Zlotkin SH, Schauer C, Christofides A, Sharieff W, Tondeur MC, Hyder SM. Micronutrient sprinkles to control childhood anaemia. PLoS Med. 2005 Jan;2(1):e1. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Change in hemoglobin concentration g/dL Baseline and after 12 months approximately
Secondary Vitamin A (change in serum retinol concentration) µg / dL Baseline and after 12 months approximately
Secondary Change in zinc concentration µg / dL Baseline and after 12 months approximately
Secondary Change in transferrin concentration mg / dL Baseline and after 12 months approximately
Secondary Change in ferritin concentration µg / L Baseline and after 12 months approximately
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