School Feeding to Improve Cognitive Performance in Disadvantaged Children

Cognitive Performance Clinical Trial

Official title:

School Feeding to Improve Cognitive Performance in Disadvantaged Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial in in Northwest Pakistan

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05498129
• Other study ID #: School Feeding
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: University of Central Lancashire
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This trial investigated the impact of providing a regular meal with and without additional multiple micronutrients for children in Northwest Pakistan on their performance at school, in comparison to a local government school that served as a control i.e. no school meal.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 210
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: July 15, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Prep or class 1

• Male/ female

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any contraindicating condition

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognitive Performance

Intervention

Other:
• School meal
School lunch was comprised of rice, ghee and beef
• School meal plus micronutrient powder
School lunch plus micronutrient powder
• No school meal
No school meal

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Jonathan Sinclair	Preston	Lancashire

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Central Lancashire	Khyber Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ravens Colour Matrices test for assessment of Cognitive function	Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices. Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM) (20)is a widely used nonverbal intelligence test for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. The test comprises 36-items in the form of three sets of 12 items, that increase in difficulty	Baseline
Primary	Ravens Colour Matrices test for assessment of Cognitive function	Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices. Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM) (20)is a widely used nonverbal intelligence test for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. The test comprises 36-items in the form of three sets of 12 items, that increase in difficulty	6-months
Primary	Ravens Colour Matrices test for assessment of Cognitive function	Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices. Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM) (20)is a widely used nonverbal intelligence test for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. The test comprises 36-items in the form of three sets of 12 items, that increase in difficulty	12-months
Secondary	Height	Stature measured via a stadiometer	Baseline
Secondary	Mass	Body mass using a weighing scale	Baseline
Secondary	Mid upper arm circumference	Arm circumference	Baseline
Secondary	Height for age	Height for age calculated using the WHO calculator based on the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards.	Baseline
Secondary	Weight for age	Weight for age calculated using the WHO calculator based on the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards.	Baseline
Secondary	Haemoglobin	Haemoglobin measured by finger prick blood samples	6-months
Secondary	Haemoglobin	Haemoglobin measured by finger prick blood samples	12-months