Folic Acid Supplementation as an Appetizer in Primary Malnourished Egyptian Infants and Children

Ain Shams University

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 4

Conditions: Primary Malnurtrition

Treatments: Drug: Folic Acid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03040219

27111982

Details and patient eligibility

About

Folic acid as a appetizer in primary malnutrition

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Primary malnourished children

Exclusion criteria

• previous folic supplementation in the past 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Treatment group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Folic Acid

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Drug: Folic Acid