The Effect of Continuous Egg Supplement on Personalized Nutri-omics in Primary School Children (SI-EGG STUDY)

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malnutrition, Child

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: yolk-free egg substitutes; Dietary Supplement: whole eggs

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04896996

120/2560(EC2)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research compares the effects of one-year continuous whole egg supplement vs. egg yolk substitutes and control on anthropometry, biochemical blood parameters, metabolic enzymes and microbiome data in primary school children.

Full description

This research study determine the long-term effects of egg supplementation on growth, blood lipoproteins, blood proteins, nutritional status, metabolic enzymes and microbiomes in children, enrolling in the school lunch program.

Enrollment: 635 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged between 8-14 years

Exclusion criteria

1. Allergic of eggs

2. People who cannot continue to follow up the protocol

3. Having contra-indication i.e. problems with blood clotting

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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635 participants in 3 patient groups

Whole eggs (WE)

Experimental group

Description:

consume 10 additional eggs per week

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: whole eggs

Egg substitute (ES)

Experimental group

Description:

consume the yolk-free egg substitute equivalent to 10 eggs per week

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: yolk-free egg substitutes

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Regular school meals