NCT00495690View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Impact of Daily Zinc Supplementation to Infants Born With Low Birth Weight on Death and Severe Disease

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

2,012

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 30, 2004

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2007

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2008

Conditions

PneumoniaDiarrheaMeningitisSepsisDeath

Interventions

DRUG

Oral zinc gluconate (5 mg elemental)

Each infant in the study received placebo or 5 mg of elemental zinc (1 RDA) as zinc acetate syrup once daily from 4 weeks of age till 6 months of age.

Trial Locations (1)

700 033

M.R. Bangur Hospital, Kolkata

All Listed Sponsors

collaborator

Indian Council of Medical Research

OTHER_GOV

lead

Society for Applied Studies

OTHER

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