Combined Package of Interventions for Environmental Enteropathy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial of a combined intervention of zinc, albendazole, and multiple micronutrients in improving environmental enteropathy in Malawian children.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
• Collaborator: University of Malawi
• Treatments: Albendazole; Micronutrients; Trace Elements

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• children residing in catchment area of Limela, Machinga District, Malawi

• aged 12-35 months

• youngest eligible child in each household

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe acute malnutrition

• severe chronic illness

• children unable to drink 20 mL of dual sugar solution

• children in need of acute medical treatment for illness or injury at time of enrollment