Effectiveness Trial on Alleviation of Infant Malnutrition With Fortified Spread or Maize-Soy Flour Food Supplements
Effectiveness Trial on Alleviation of Infant Malnutrition With Fortified Spread or Maize-Soy Flour Food Supplements
NCT ID: NCT00420758 Phase: PHASE3 Status: COMPLETED Enrollment: 299 Completion: 2008-05
Conditions
Malnutrition
Interventions
Food supplement: fortified spread, Food supplement: maize-soy flour
Summary
This study tests the hypothesis that moderately underweight but not severely wasted 6-17-month old infants receiving fortified spread or maize-spy flour as a food supplement for 12 weeks grow better during the supplementation than infants who do not get any food supplement.
Primary Outcome
Weight gain during the 12-week follow-up (in grams)