Evaluation of Zinc and / or Micronutrient Supplementation on Intestinal Flora, Diarrheal Disease Burden, Intestinal Mucosal Integrity and Growth Among Children of Pakistan

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00705445

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : June 26, 2008

Last Update Posted : August 28, 2012

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Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Tufts University

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Dr Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Aga Khan University

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	June 2011
Actual Study Completion Date :	July 2012

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Popovic A, Bourdon C, Wang PW, Guttman DS, Soofi S, Bhutta ZA, Bandsma RHJ, Parkinson J, Pell LG. Micronutrient supplements can promote disruptive protozoan and fungal communities in the developing infant gut. Nat Commun. 2021 Nov 18;12(1):6729. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27010-3.

Ariff S, Krebs NF, Soofi S, Westcott J, Bhatti Z, Tabassum F, Bhutta ZA. Absorbed zinc and exchangeable zinc pool size are greater in Pakistani infants receiving traditional complementary foods with zinc-fortified micronutrient powder. J Nutr. 2014 Jan;144(1):20-6. doi: 10.3945/jn.113.178715. Epub 2013 Nov 13.

Soofi S, Cousens S, Iqbal SP, Akhund T, Khan J, Ahmed I, Zaidi AK, Bhutta ZA. Effect of provision of daily zinc and iron with several micronutrients on growth and morbidity among young children in Pakistan: a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet. 2013 Jul 6;382(9886):29-40. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60437-7. Epub 2013 Apr 18.

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