Efficacy of Multiple Micronutrient Fortified Biscuits and Deworming in Vietnamese School Children

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

510

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2007

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2007

Conditions
Healthy
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

worm treatment and multiple micronutrient fortified biscuits

"A single dose of intestinal anthelminthic treatment as orange-flavored chewable tablets containing 400 mg Albendazole (Vidoca, Thephaco, Vietnam) was given. Deworming was repeated with Albendazole for all children at the end of the study (after 4 months).~The composition and amount of nutrients in each serving of fortified biscuit were 6 mg iron, 5.6 mg zinc, 35µg iodine, 300 µg RAE vitamin A, 1.0 mg thiamin, 0.9 mg riboflavin, 1.1 mg vitamin B6, 10.5 mg NE niacin, 1.5 µg vitamin B12, 120 µg folic acid, 28 mg vitamin C, 150 mg calcium, 74 IU vitamin D, 40 mg magnesium, 6.8 µg selenium, 378 mg potassium, 70 mg phosphorus, 3.0 mg pantothenic acid, 2.8 µg vitamin E, 10 µg vitamin K and 18 µg biotin."

Trial Locations (1)

73170

Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Neys-van Hoogstraten Foundation, The Netherlands

OTHER

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