Vitamin-A status in tuberculous children

Optimizing the Stable Isotope Dilution Technique to Assess Total Body Vitamin A Stores in the Context of TB Infection in Moroccan children.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR201711002800419

Enrollment

100

Registered

2017-11-27

Start date

2016-01-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Tuberculosis

Interventions

administration of Vitamin A labelled with 13C

administration of Vitamin A labelled with 8 deuterium

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Patient presenting a confirmed diagnosis of tuberculosis. - Patients aged 3 to 17 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Patients affected by an acute or chronic disease other than the tuberculosis - Subject having been under corticosteroid therapy during the last 3 months - Children having received a supplementation of vitamin A during the last 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measuring the status of vitamin A in tuberculosis children	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
A. Determination of the TB effect on the terminal slope (K). B. To estimate the effects of the acute phase proteins (CRP, AGP) and tuberculosis on indicators of vitamin A status (serum retinol, RBP, total body stores and liver stores) in the case of acute infection in the hospital environment. C. The effect of infection on a different isotope compound with a mass difference of 8 and 2.	—

Countries

Morocco

Contacts

Public ContactBELGHITI HAKIM

Physician

hakbelg@yahoo.fr+212661064034

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026