Folic Acid Supplementation as an Appetizer in Primary Malnourished Egyptian Infants and Children

Primary Malnurtrition Clinical Trial

Official title:

Folic Acid Supplementation as an Appetizer in Primary Malnourished Egyptian Infants and Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03040219
• Other study ID #: 27111982
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• First received: January 20, 2017
• Last updated: March 11, 2017
• Start date: April 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: March 2017
• Source: Ain Shams University
• Contact: Marian Girgis
• Phone: 0201223646224
• Email: Mariangirgis2009[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Folic acid as a appetizer in primary malnutrition

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 2 Years to 6 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Primary malnourished children

Exclusion Criteria:

• previous folic supplementation in the past 3 months

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malnutrition
• Primary Malnurtrition

Intervention

Drug:
• Folic Acid
Tablets

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Marian girgis	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ain Shams University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Growth	Anthropometric study	Through study completion -after 3 months from start of supplementation
Primary	Appetite	Child eating behaviour questionnaire	Through study completion_ after 3 months from start of supplementation
Secondary	Leptin and ghrelin hormone	Serum level	3 months