Effectiveness of High-dose Zinc Therapy and Albendazole in the Treatment of Environmental Enteropathy

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2011
The purpose of this study is to investigate the therapeutic effectiveness of high-dose zinc therapy and de-worming albendazole as separate interventions in restoring normal gut absorptive and immunological function as measured by the dual sugar permeability test and additional biomarkers in 1-3 year old rural Malawian children at high risk for Environmental Enteropathy.
Epistemonikos ID: ceedb3d752450f6b3ec358e8e7fb0420a0aa7ab8
First added on: May 10, 2024