Effect of Young Child Formula on Iron Status in Children 1-3 Years of Age.
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Nutritional product.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Iron Status. Basic parameters: 12 months — 36 months · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Indonesia
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effect of Young Child Formula on Iron Status in Children 1-3 Years of Age.
Overview
This study evaluates the effect of young child formula in children 1-3 years of age. Subjects will receive either test or control product. Growth and health data, parent diaries and biological samples will be collected during the study.
Interventions
- Other Nutritional product
parents will be instructed to provide subjects with 2-3 servings of Study Product per day
Primary outcome measures
- Serum ferritin concentration [Time frame: Baseline and 20 weeks post baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Daily iron intake [Time frame: Baseline, 10 weeks and 20 weeks post-baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Children aged 1 to 3 years
- Healthy children (as per investigator clinical judgement and non-anaemic as confirmed by Hb levels) or meeting the criteria for mild anaemia based on Hb levels
- Children familiar with drinking milk products (in combination with breastfeeding or not) for at least 3 weeks prior to screening.
- Written informed consent provided by parent(s) / legally acceptable representative(s) aged ≥18 years at screening
Exclusion criteria
- Low Hb meeting the criteria for moderate or severe anaemia
- Use of iron and/or fibre supplementation within 3 months prior to screening
- Any infection within 2 weeks prior to screening
- Any other medical condition with known high CRP (>5 mg/L) / high AGP (>1 g/L) value within 2 weeks prior to screening
- The use of medication that is likely to interfere with iron metabolism) within 2 weeks prior to screening
- The use of medication to treat iron deficiency or anaemia within 3 months prior to screening
- Any developmental delays that could impact feeding behaviour or growth, or any other condition that is likely to influence nutritional status or growth.
- Disorders requiring a special diet.
- Any other iron metabolism and related disorders
- Children with known or suspected medical conditions requiring a special diet or special formulae, food allergy, or food intolerances.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Quadruple blind
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
Study locations
Indonesia · 1 center
- Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia — Jakarta
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07324135 · 24REX0077885