NCT01166815View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Zinc Supplementation to Reduce Diarrhea Rates in Adults in Western Kenya.

PHASE2/PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

500

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2008

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2008

Conditions
DiarrheaMalaria
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Zinc sulphate

Volunteers will be randomly assigned to either receive zinc sulphate supplements (20 mg/capsule) or a placebo containing no zinc. Maltodextrin serves as the carrier. The manufacturer is Tishcon Corporation, Westbury, NY.

OTHER

Placebo

Volunteers will be randomly assigned to either receive zinc sulphate supplements (20 mg/capsule) or a placebo containing no zinc. Maltodextrin serves as the carrier. The manufacturer is Tishcon Corporation, Westbury, NY.

Trial Locations (3)

56721

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Center, Grand Forks

01760

U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), Natick

Unknown

Kombewa Clinical Research Center, Kombewa

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)

FED

lead

United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

FED

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