Who is sponsoring NCT02758444?

NCT02758444 is sponsored by University of Colorado, Denver.

What drugs are being tested in NCT02758444?

Interventions in NCT02758444: Micronutrient Powder (MNP) + 15 mg Zn, MNP + 10 mg Zn, MNP + 5 mg Zn, MNP without Zn.

What condition does NCT02758444 study?

NCT02758444 studies Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Zinc Deficiency.

Is NCT02758444 still recruiting?

NCT02758444 is currently completed. Last updated 1 July 2019.

Last reviewed 2019-07-01 · How we verify

NCT02758444: ZEED2

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Effects of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED) on Zinc (Zn) Absorption and Retention in Young Children: Study 2 - Absorption of Zn From a Multi-micronutrient Powder (MNP)

Completed NA Last updated 1 July 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Micronutrient Powder (MNP) + 15 mg Zn in Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in 80 participants. Completed in 1 February 2019.

Timeline

1 November 2015

Primary endpoint
1 March 2018

1 February 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Colorado, Denver
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	quadruple
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	80
Start date	1 November 2015
Primary completion	1 March 2018
Estimated completion	1 February 2019
Sites	2 locations across United States, Bangladesh

Drugs / interventions tested

Micronutrient Powder (MNP) + 15 mg Zn
MNP + 10 mg Zn
MNP + 5 mg Zn
MNP without Zn

Conditions studied

Environmental Enteric Dysfunction — all drugs for Environmental Enteric Dysfunction →
Zinc Deficiency — all drugs for Zinc Deficiency →

Sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Who can join

Adults 18 Months to 24 Months, any sex, with Environmental Enteric Dysfunction or Zinc Deficiency. Healthy volunteers can join.

What's being measured

Primary outcomes are the specific endpoints the trial is designed to prove or disprove.

Total daily absorbed zinc (TAZ)
Time frame: 1 day
Measured during the meal to determine the effects of EED on zinc absorption.

Sponsor's own description

The overall objective is to determine the impact of EED on total daily zinc absorption of young Bangladeshi children (18-24 months of age) in an austere setting with high rates of diarrhea, stunting, and micro-nutrient deficiencies..

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Zinc Absorption from Micronutrient Powders Is Low in Bangladeshi Toddlers at Risk of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and May Increase Dietary Zinc Requirements.
Long JM, Mondal P, Westcott JE, Miller LV, et al · · 2019 · cited 20× · PMID 30624753 · DOI 10.1093/jn/nxy245

Verify or expand the search:

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02758444 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Colorado, Denver
Last refreshed: 1 July 2019

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