Improving infant Neurocognitive Development and Growth Outcomes with micronutrients (INDiGO): A protocol for an efficacy trial in rural Gambia
Issued Date
2024-01-01
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eISSN
2398502X
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85206624139
Journal Title
Wellcome Open Research
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9
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SCOPUS
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Wellcome Open Research Vol.9 (2024)
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Moore S.E., McCann S., Jarjou O., Danjo M.A., Sonko B., Sise E., Beaton S., Tod D., Fegan G., Prentice A.M. Improving infant Neurocognitive Development and Growth Outcomes with micronutrients (INDiGO): A protocol for an efficacy trial in rural Gambia. Wellcome Open Research Vol.9 (2024). doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21282.1 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/101749
Title
Improving infant Neurocognitive Development and Growth Outcomes with micronutrients (INDiGO): A protocol for an efficacy trial in rural Gambia
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Abstract
Background: Undernutrition during the early years of life has a harmful and irreversible impact on child growth and cognitive development. Many of the interventions tested to improve outcomes across infancy have had disappointing or inconsistent impact, a common feature being the absence of any attempt to provide nutritional supplements to infants during the first six months. With increasing evidence of micronutrient deficiencies in this age group, alongside strong evidence that growth and developmental deficits begin before six months, a renewed focus on the micronutrient status of infants is required. Methods: This study is a five-arm, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised efficacy trial of micronutrient supplementation to mothers (during pregnancy or pregnancy and lactation) and infants (Day 8 to six months of age) in rural Gambia, where rates of micronutrient deficiencies are high. 600 pregnant women (<20 weeks gestation) will be enrolled into one of five trial arms and followed to 12 months post-partum. The primary outcome will be infant brain development at six months, with micronutrient status, growth and neurocognitive development to 12 months as secondary outcomes. Discussion: This novel research will identify the most efficacious way of improving micronutrient status in infancy, and assess impact on infant developmental outcomes, providing an evidence base for future effectiveness trials and policy recommendations. Trial registration: ISRCTN registry (https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN15063705 ISRCTN15063705, 09/07/2021); Pan African Clinical Trials Registry (https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=18206 PACTR202201552774601, 21/01/2022).