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

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03040219

Enrollment

100

Registered

2017-02-02

Start date

2017-04-01

Completion date

2017-12-01

Last updated

2017-03-14

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Conditions

Primary Malnurtrition

Brief summary

Folic acid as a appetizer in primary malnutrition

Interventions

DRUGFolic Acid

Tablets

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

2 Years to 6 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Primary malnourished children

Exclusion criteria

* previous folic supplementation in the past 3 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Appetite	Through study completion_ after 3 months from start of supplementation	Child eating behaviour questionnaire

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Leptin and ghrelin hormone	3 months	Serum level

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Growth	Through study completion -after 3 months from start of supplementation	Anthropometric study

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Primary ContactMarian Girgis

Mariangirgis2009@yahoo.com0201223646224

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026