Supplementation of Critical Nutrients in a Plant-based Diet

Deficiencies Micronutrient Clinical Trial

Official title:

Supplementation of Critical Nutrients in a Plant-based Diet as Assessed by Experts in Nutrition - a Cross-sectional Survey

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03542591
• Other study ID #: VegMed2018
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 21, 2018
• Est. completion date: April 21, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: December 2018
• Source: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

500 participants of the vegan/vegetarian congress VegMed are to be included, which should answer once (cross-sectional study) a medicine socio-behaviorist questionnaire on the topic "supplementation of critical nutrients in a plant-based diet" at the VegMed congress on 21/04/2018. The aim of the study is to understand how experts in this field behave and whether actions taken follow official recommendations.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: April 21, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: April 21, 2018
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants of the VegMed congress (Berlin, April 2018)

• Expertise of the respondent in the field of nutritional medicine

• Presence during the oral education to participate in the survey

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Avitaminosis
• Deficiencies Micronutrient
• Deficiency, Vitamin
• Vegan's Anemia (Vitamin B12 Deficiency)
• Vitamin B 12 Deficiency

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire on the topic "Supplementation of critical nutrients in a plant-based diet"
No active intervention, only survey as mentioned above.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Charité Hochschulambulanz für Naturheilkunde am Immanuel Krankenhaus	Berlin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assessment of critical nutrients in vegan diet	Cross-sectional survey	21st April 2018
Secondary	Supplementation of critical nutrients in a vegan diet	Cross-sectional survey	21st April 2018
Secondary	Recommendations for patients by the experts	Cross-sectional survey	21st April 2018