None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Fermented rice water: 500ml per day for 4 months
Control Intervention1: Ready mix rice water: 500ml per day for 4 months
Sponsors
Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Non-pregnant participants: women aged >18 years, staying in the locality and expected to stay for next 6-8 months; access to the phone for contact; not suffering from any major systemic disease, ambulatory 2. Pregnant participants: pregnant women aged >18 years, first trimester pregnancy, no high risk factors or bad obstetric history, staying in the locality and expected to stay for next 6-8 months; access to phone for contact; not suffering from any major systemic disease, ambulatory
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Refusal for consent, inability to follow the schedule, unwilling to accept or not feasible to consume the fermented rice-water as per schedule
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Documentation of the impact of the fermented-rice (Torani) intake on nutrition, gut and vaginal microbiota, gut microbiome, and inflammatory markers in reproductive-age womenTimepoint: 0, 1, 2, 4, and 6 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To document effect of the fermented-rice (Torani) intake on inflammatory markers in reproductive-age womenTimepoint: 0, 1, 2, 4, and 6 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactBalamurugan Ramadass
All India Institutes for Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar
Outcome results
None listed