Let's be Well Red: Efficacy of Gudness Bars in Improving the Hemoglobin and Hematocrit Levels of Anemic Subjects (LBWR)

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Treatment and Prevention of Anemia After Administration of Gudness Nutrition Bar

Treatments: Other: Education; Dietary Supplement: Education plus Gudness Nutritional Bar

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02032615

Pro00051046

Details and patient eligibility

About

To test the efficacy of Gudness Bars in improving the hemoglobin and hematocrit levels of anemic subjects longitudinally.

To quantify the demographics of subjects attending anemia testing camps through LBWR and to explore correlations with the demographics data.

Enrollment: 358 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female
• Ages 18-35 years age

Exclusion criteria

• Known allergy towards nuts.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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358 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Education plus Gudness Nutritional Bar

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects will receive education about anemia and will consume Gudness Nutrition bars for 3 months

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Education plus Gudness Nutritional Bar

Education with no nutrition bar

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Subjects will receive education about anemia but will not receive nutrition bar

Treatment:

Other: Education