Clinical Trial: Effect of Consuming Vitamin A-fortified Sugar on Serum Retinol Levels in Children

U.S., Oct. 7 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07860060) titled 'Effect of Consuming Vitamin A-fortified Sugar on Serum Retinol Levels in Children' on Sept. 18.

Brief Summary: The increase in vitamin A deficiency (<20 mcg/dL) among children under five in Colombia (2010-2015) is a public health problem (27.3%). The objective of this randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial was to determine whether daily consumption of retinol-fortified sugar (23.5 mcg ER/day) was effective in treating this deficiency in children; furthermore, to evaluate whether daily sugar consumption (13 g/day) increased excess weight (P/T: overweight and obesity) in them.

The main questions were:

* Does daily consum...