Community Trial of Zinc Supplementation on Preschool Child Mortality and Morbidity in Southern Nepal

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Nutrition

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine whether daily supplementation of young children in Nepal with either zinc, iron-folic acid, or both can reduce mortality and morbidity. Young children in Nepal have numerous nutritional deficiencies and high rates of morbidity and mortality. Zinc and/or iron supplementation may be a cost-effective method for reducing these risks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00109551

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

58000

Starts

2001-10-01

Expected to finish

2006-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-05-01

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 3. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All children 1-35 months of age living in 30 Village Development Committees of Sarlahi District in southern Nepal.

You may not qualify if…

• Parent refusal

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences — Ithaca, New York, United States
• Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project-Sarlahi — Kathmandu and Sarlahi District, Nepal

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