# Zinc Supplementation to Reduce Diarrhea Rates in Adults in Western Kenya.

> **NCT01166815** · PHASE2,PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine** · enrollment: 500 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Diarrhea
- Malaria

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** Zinc sulphate
- **OTHER:** Placebo

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01166815
- **Lead sponsor:** United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** PHASE2,PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2007-07
- **Primary completion:** 2008-01
- **Final completion:** 2008-01
- **Target enrollment:** 500 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2010-07-22

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01166815

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01166815, "Zinc Supplementation to Reduce Diarrhea Rates in Adults in Western Kenya.". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01166815. Licensed CC0.

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