This methodology study will evaluate the sensitivity in using sitting knee digital caliper to measure changes in sitting knee length from over a 12-week study period amidst children in the age of 6 to 12 years in a community-based study in children ages 6 to 12 years who are receiving nutritional supplementation with micronutrients or without micronutrients.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
109
Nutritional supplement powder with micronutrients packed as 27 g individual sachet, administered orally as a single serve
Nutritional supplement powder without micronutrients packed as 27 g individual sachet, administered orally as a single serve
GSK Investigational Site
Bangalore, India
Change from Baseline to Week 12 in bone growth, as measured by sitting knee length caliper.
To evaluate the sensitivity of a sitting knee digital caliper to measure changes in sitting knee length from Baseline to Week 12 in a community-based study in the presence of nutritional supplementation with or without micronutrients.
Time frame: Baseline to Week 12
Change from Baseline to Week 12 in Z-score based on the standing height
Comparison of standing height and sitting knee height to asses growth
Time frame: Baseline-Week 12
Change from Baseline to Week 8 in bone growth, as measured by sitting knee length digital caliper
To assess the relationship between changes from Baseline to Week 8 in sitting knee length and standing height in the presence of nutritional supplementation with or without micronutrients
Time frame: Baseline-Week 8
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