# Water-based Zinc Intervention Trial in Zinc Deficient Children

> **NCT01472211** · EARLY_PHASE1 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Swiss Federal Institute of Technology** · enrollment: 317 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Zinc Deficiency
- Diarrhea

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** zinc enriching filter (LifeStrawFamily)
- **DEVICE:** placebo filter
- **OTHER:** disinfection tablets

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01472211
- **Lead sponsor:** Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** EARLY_PHASE1
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2011-09
- **Primary completion:** 2011-12
- **Final completion:** 2012-09
- **Target enrollment:** 317 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Zn released from vehicle led to fortification levels higher than planned. New filter will be developed.
- **Last updated:** 2013-06-18

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01472211

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01472211, "Water-based Zinc Intervention Trial in Zinc Deficient Children". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01472211. Licensed CC0.

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