Efficacy of Biofortified Maize to Improve Maternal and Infant Vitamin A Status

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

255

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2016

Primary Completion Date

June 2, 2017

Study Completion Date

June 2, 2017

Conditions
Vitamin A Deficiency
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Conventional white maize

Women and their infants will receive 2 meals/day prepared with conventional white maize flour (287 g dry weight/d for women; 50 g dry weight/d for infants), 6 days/week for 15 weeks

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Provitamin A carotenoid biofortified maize

Women and their infants will receive 2 meals/day prepared with provitamin A carotenoid biofortified orange maize flour (287 g dry weight/d for women; 50 g dry weight/d for infants), 6 days/week for 15 weeks

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Preformed vitamin A fortified maize

Women and their infants will receive 2 meals/day prepared with preformed vitamin A fortified, conventional white maize flour (287 g dry weight/d for women; 50 g dry weight/d for infants), 6 days/week for 15 weeks

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

JHU Office, Mkushi

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University of California, Davis

OTHER

collaborator

Newcastle University

OTHER

collaborator

HarvestPlus

OTHER

lead

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

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